793.94 Conference/141: Telegram
The Chargé in Germany (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 30—11:30 a.m.]
261. My 258, October 29, 1 p.m. With reference to Germany’s non-acceptance of the invitation to Nine Power Conference the DDPK,41 the semi-official organ of the Foreign Office, comments as follows:
“The initiative to hold such a conference in consideration of current events in the Far East however was that of the League which as Foreign Minister Eden mentioned in his latest speech in the House gave a clearly defined mandate to the Conference. If a conference which seeks the termination of a conflict by pacific means is so plainly repudiated by one of the parties thereto the possibilities of success are extremely limited especially in view of the lack of diplomatic preparation. All these circumstances of course do not hinder the German Government from being conscious of its general duty and from cooperating as soon as in its view the conditions for so doing prevail. It is however quite obvious that the Reich Government is already at present sympathetic toward every move which might be directed toward pacification in the Far East.”
Repeated to Brussels for American delegation.
- Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz.↩