711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/1b: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Representatives in Europe 2
Referring to the statement I issued yesterday which was carried in Radio Bulletin No. 164 of July 16, you are requested to call at the [Page 701] Foreign Office and say that this statement has no doubt already come to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and that you would be glad to transmit back to Washington his comment on the principles set forth in the statement and that you would likewise be glad to transmit any information he might wish to give you as to the attitude his Government might have toward keeping alive and making effective the principles featured in the statement.
- Sent to the diplomatic officers in charge in Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In telegram No. 35, July 22, 6 p.m., the new Ambassador in Belgium (Gibson) was instructed to convey the same message to the authorities of Luxembourg when he presented his credentials as Minister to that Government (711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/37b).↩