File No. 763.72111N39/67
The Ambassador in France ( Sharp) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 28, 10.10 a.m.]
2809. Your 2848, November 24, 3 p.m.,3 via London. I discussed this subject this afternoon with Mr. Cambon of the Foreign Office [Page 757] and in a note just received from him to-night, after stating the question as outlined in your telegram he concluded as follows:
I hasten to inform you that upon this subject I have asked the opinion of the Minister for Foreign Affairs who charged me to tell you the French Government saw no objection to the United States making the declaration which is suggested to it by the Swiss Government.
In our talk Mr. Cambon expressed his satisfaction over such action to be taken by our Government and said very promptly that he could answer then and there that there would be no objection on the part of the French Government, only he felt he should have a formal expression on the subject from the President of the Council himself. At the same time he declared the situation in Switzerland to be serious and the fidelity of the Swiss Army to be open to grave doubts.
- See telegram No. 5895 of that date to the Ambassador in Great Britain, supra.↩