574.D3/173
The Acting Secretary of State to the French Ambassador ( Daeschner )
Excellency: Referring to Mr. Jusserand’s note dated January 15, 1925,14 inviting this Government to take part in the International Telegraph Conference at Paris, and to your note dated March 23, 1925,14 stating that the date of the Conference had been postponed until September 1, 1925, I have the honor to state that this Government accepts the kind invitation of the French Government and the following delegates and technical advisers have been appointed to attend the conference:
- Honorable J. Beaver White of Pennsylvania—Delegate and Chairman of the American Delegation,
- Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., Member of Congress from Maine—Delegate,
- Major General Charles McK. Saltzman, Chief of the Signal Corps, United States Army,—Delegate,
- Major Joseph O. Mauborgne, United States Army,—Secretary of the Delegation and Technical Adviser,
- Mr. William D. Terrell, Chief Supervisor of Radio of the United States, Department of Commerce,—Technical Adviser,
- Mr. Harry H. Kelly, Attached to the Office of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce at Paris—Technical Adviser,
- Lieutenant Commander Jules James, Assistant Naval Attaché, American Embassy Paris,—Technical Adviser,
- Lieutenant E. M. Webster, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,—Technical Adviser.
- Mr. R. H. Redmond, European Radio Supervisor, United States Shipping Board, Fleet Corporation,—Technical Adviser.
With the exception of Mr. Kelly, Lieutenant Commander James, and Mr. Redmond, the above named representatives will sail from New York on the Steamship America on August 19, 1925, and it is expected that they will arrive at Cherbourg on August 28, next.
In this connection I venture to call your Excellency’s attention to the fact that a reply has not as yet been received to Mr. Kellogg’s note dated July 17, 1925, regarding the subjects to be considered at the International Telegraph Conference.
Accept [etc.]