500.A15Franco–British/72: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France ( Armour )50
330. Since Department’s telegram number 329, September 25, 3 p.m. giving text of note to French Government concerning the Franco-British naval agreement the Department has received from both governments the texts of the notes exchanged. This full knowledge of the agreement does not change the note telegraphed you, with the following exceptions:
In the second paragraph strike out the following words: “not knowing the full text of the agreement, finds it difficult to answer the French note, but”. Also strike out the word “nevertheless”. So that the paragraph would read “The Government of the United States is willing to submit certain suggestions as to the basis of naval limitation as summarized in the French note.”
In the next to the last paragraph of the note strike out “So far as its purport can be ascertained from the summary given”.
Also strike out the entire last paragraph beginning “In a letter of July 31”.
- The same, mutatis mutandis, to the Ambassador in Great Britain as No. 218.↩