Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume II

881.00/927: Telegram

The Ambassador in Italy (Fletcher) to the Secretary of State

Rome, June 7, 1924—1 p.m.
[Received 7:22 p.m.]

110. Your 72, June 4, 5 p.m. Foreign Office states that the attitude of the Italian Government on the subject has not been formulated in detail but that they are not disposed to adhere to the convention without reservations. They desire to act in complete accord in this matter with us and have promised to communicate to me their proposed reply before sending it with this end in view. Is this satisfactory?

I was asked what our attitude would be and replied that I had no definite instructions but explained the attitude of the Department during the course of the negotiations as set out in the enclosures to Department’s instruction number 408, October 1923⁸ and page 12 of confidential monthly political report for December 1923.⁹

Please instruct.¹⁰

Fletcher

8. Not printed; see instruction no. 432, Sept. 21, 1922, to the Chargé in France, Foreign Relations, 1922, vol. ii, p. 723.
9. Not printed.
10. No reply appears to have been made.