711.62119/27: Telegram

The Commissioner at Berlin (Dresel) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

651. My telegram no. 650, August 6, 6 p.m. Rosen expressly acknowledged to me, when I pressed him, that the only real obstacles to prompt signature, were, in his view, points 1 and 5. It is my opinion that if on point 1 some slight concession can be made, and if point 5 is satisfactorily explained, the Cabinet will soon accept the treaty. [Page 14] On the subject of the necessity of referring it in advance to the Reichstag or to its Foreign Relations Committee, I cannot, however, get Rosen to commit himself. He will endeavor to get a decision on this point when the Cabinet meets again Monday or Tuesday.

Dresel