763.72119/3082
The Assistant Secretary of State ( Phillips ) to the Italian Ambassador ( Macchi di Cellere )
My Dear Mr. Ambassador: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant respecting the desire of the Swiss Government that representatives of the Swiss Confederation be admitted to take part in the coming Peace Conference.
In reply I beg to inform you that the attitude of this Government when approached by neutral Governments with requests for participation in the Peace Conference on matters of interests to them is to receive such requests with sympathy. No definite position, however, will be taken upon such requests until after the Secretary of State reaches Paris.
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