710/22: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Uruguay (Armour)

16. Your 31, September 2, noon.

On July 27, the Secretary of State, in reply to an inquiry from the Uruguayan Minister, expressed his views with regard to the inclusion of the formation of a Pan American League of Nations among the subjects for discussion at the Fifth Pan American Conference in substantially the same terms as to the Peruvian Ambassador on the following day, of which you were informed in the Department’s circular instruction of August 5, 3 p.m. You may communicate these views orally to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, should you deem it expedient, being careful to follow the exact wording of the telegram above referred to, omitting, of course, any reference to the request of the Peruvian Government and its request for an expression of this Government’s opinion in the matter.

Phillips