Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II

812.34/64: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Mexico (Summerlin)

Washington, December 17, 1923—5 p.m.

196. Your 135 December 15, 6 p.m.

Inform Foreign Office that under Article 18 of the Treaty of Limitation of Naval Armament signed at Washington³¹ this Government prohibited from sale of any vessel of war to any foreign government. You may communicate to Foreign Office text of Article.

Hughes

31. Foreign Relations, 1922, vol. i, p. 247.