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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of American Republics (Briggs)
Ambassador Wright informed me this morning that he had just received from the Cuban Secretary of State a memorandum (apparently based on information received from the Cuban Minister to Switzerland) which indicated that Cuba hoped to enlist the support of the United States in action designed to terminate hostilities in Spain. Mr. Wright read various excerpts: apparently the Cuban Minister to Switzerland considers the present moment “propitious” for such a move, to be promoted by the United States but made by this Government in association with various other American states. Mr. Wright observed that it appeared to be along the lines of the former Cuban proposal, and he said that he had refrained from expressing any comment as to what the attitude of this Government might be. He said he had limited himself to assuring Secretary Remos that the memorandum would be transmitted to Washington without delay, and that he hoped to get it in tonight’s airmail.
I told Ambassador Wright that I assumed that the position of this Government towards such a proposal would be as indicated in connection with the former Cuban suggestion,—that is, that for reasons with which he was familiar we would not be in a position to take any action.