File No. 763.72/3364
The Minister in Sweden ( Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
192. Your 130. Foreign Office informs me Sweden through Legation at Washington invited the United States 17th October to join Scandinavian countries, Spain, Switzerland, and Holland in conference. Secretary of State after conferring with the President declined with thanks the 1st of last December. Preliminary meeting of Ministers accredited to Sweden by countries mentioned expected to take place in near future at Stockholm to discuss treatment of submarines and aeroplanes, destruction of neutral prizes, blacklist, and economic relations after the war. Conference will avoid mediation and taking sides with any belligerent. The United States is not expected to participate.