500.A15 a 1/300: Telegram
The Chairman of the American Delegation (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 21—1:57 p.m.]
16. At the first meeting of the executive committee held at 11 a.m. on June 21st, the committee adopted the following resolution:
“With a view to the proper consideration of the proposals submitted by the Governments of the United States, of the British Empire and of Japan on June 20th, it is suggested that a technical committee be formed to exchange agreed statistics of the present cruiser, destroyer, and submarine tonnage of each of the three powers and of the designed tonnage of ships of these classes comprised in programs now authorized and appropriated for, and any other information tending to clarify the proposals of the three Governments. In this manner the Conference will be in position to start its deliberations on an agreed basis of fact.”