Office of the Historian

793.94/2728: Telegram

The Chargé in France (Shaw) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Paris, November 17, 1931—7 p.m.
[Received November 18—1:17 a.m.]

756. From Ambassador Dawes: I am informed by Arthur Sweetser41 that this morning at the Council’s private meeting, without the Japanese and Chinese, it was decided to have Briand see the Japanese this afternoon to attempt to find out the precise importance they attach to their fifth point in connection with the safety in Manchuria of Japanese lives and property and exactly which treaties they consider to be pertinent to this issue. Sweetser says that Briand will talk with Sze as well. The next private meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. tomorrow. [Dawes.]

Shaw
  1. An American citizen, member of the League of Nations Information Section at Geneva.↩