500.A15A5/512: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham)
315. Department’s 313, October 24, 7 p.m. When conveying to the British Government our acceptance of their invitation, you should inform them that of course we are accepting on the assumption that the British agreed to the position taken in our last cable giving the Navy Department basis for agreement84 and also, notwithstanding the fact that it may not be possible to agree now on quantitative limitations, that it is still to be understood that we both agree on the principle of naval parity as between the United States and the British Empire.