760c.60f/85: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Wallace)
131. For DuBois. You are instructed to withdraw as the American unofficial representative on the Teschen Boundary Commission. In announcing this to your colleagues on the Commission you should make the following statement: “I am instructed by my Government to withdraw as the unofficial American representative on the Teschen Boundary Commission for the following reasons: Since the United States is no longer represented on the Council of Ambassadors, to which body the Commission reports, my Government considers that American representation on the Commission is no longer justifiable; as first constituted, furthermore, this Commission was granted unusually wide powers to adjust the boundary in a comprehensive manner in accord with political and economic requirements, whereas now under later instructions from the Council of Ambassadors its function has become merely the technical one of making minor adjustments [Page 73] in a line already drawn and tracing on the ground a prescribed boundary. Under these circumstances it is felt that little helpful and constructive assistance can be rendered by an American representative. In withdrawing from the Commission my Government desires me to express to my colleagues its appreciation of the uniformly courteous and cooperative spirit which they have shown in the prosecution of our common labors.”