500.A15A5/513: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham)
316. Your 536, October 25, 11 a.m. As a precaution, we feel we should have had a reply to our 300, October 14, 6 p.m. You may indicate informally to the British Government that we intend to accept but before delivering formal acceptance we want to be sure no important preliminary questions are pending.
For your own information, we assume of course that the British are in agreement with us or they would not have issued the invitation. In view of the British statement that they wished a meeting of minds with us before calling a conference, we would like to clarify the situation with regard to the bases of agreement in our 300, October 14, 6 p.m., and the points raised in our 315, October 24, 9 p.m. before formal acceptance.