Office of the Historian

793.94/3630: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)

Washington, January 25, 1932—7 p.m.

24. For your confidential information and guidance. Your 27, January 25, 9 a.m., second paragraph.

When the Chinese Chargé stated that the Chinese Minister wished to know whether American Government would be represented at the next meeting of the Council, the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs replied that the question had not been discussed and that he “had no doubt but that we would maintain a contact but saw no reason to expect that we would have anyone sitting in or directly associated with the meetings of the Council”.

It is to be hoped that the Chinese Minister will not put forward the question of American representation on the Council.51

Stimson
  1. In telegram No. 33, January 26, 9 a.m., the Consul at Geneva reported: “Yesterday afternoon Yen gave me oral assurances that he would not raise the question of American representation on the Council.” (793.94/3638)↩