711.0012Anti-War/279: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Herrick)
277. Reference to Department’s circular telegram of August 16, 11 p.m. Before you transmit note and instructions to the American [Page 151] Diplomatic Agent at Tangier, with respect to Morocco, I wish that as a matter of courtesy, you would advise informally French Foreign Office of this Government’s intention to invite Morocco to adhere.
Department feels strongly that Shereefian Government should be included in invitations to adhere to treaty for following reasons: (1) Terms of treaty itself in article 3, paragraph 2; (2) the repeated statements which have roused expectation that treaty will be worldwide; (3) our own direct relations with Morocco, so that not to extend invitation would appear to single out Shereefian Government for discrimination. The failure to invite Morocco, furthermore, might create an undesirable precedent.