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500.A15 a 1/266: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson)

Washington, June 9, 1927—3 p.m.

46. The Department today was notified through a note from the British Embassy in Washington and in separate notes from the Irish Free State Legation and the Canadian Legation,41 that the following delegates would attend the forthcoming Conference on the Limitation of Naval Armaments at Geneva:

  • Great Britain:
    • The, Rt. Hon. W. C. Bridgeman, M. P., First Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Vice Admiral Sir F. L. Field, K. C. B., K. C. M. G., Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.
  • Australia:
    • The Rt. Hon. Sir J. Cook, G. C. M. G., High Commissioner in London.
  • New Zealand:
    • Sir J. Parr, K. C. M. G., High Commissioner in London. Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe of Scapa, G. C. B., O. M., G. C. V. O. India:
    • The Rt. Hon. W. C. Bridgeman.
  • South Africa:
    • Mr. J. S. Smit, High Commissioner in London.
    • Mr. C. Pienaar, Trade Commissioner in Europe.
  • Irish Free State:
    • The Hon. Desmond FitzGerald, Minister for External Affairs.
    • Hon. John Costello, Attorney General.
  • Canada:
    • The Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice.
    • Dr. W. A. Riddell, Canadian Advisory Officer at Geneva who will serve as the Canadian delegate pending the arrival of Mr. Lapointe in Geneva at the end of June.

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