560.M3/41: Telegram
The Chief of the American Delegation (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 5—6:15 p.m.]
9. Portugal limited its reservation on wool to “fine wool of category known as ‘Marquis de Lema” in which form it was accepted under paragraph 2.
Czechoslovak delegate withdrew reservation on salicylic acid and gave formal undertaking that his country would only maintain its reservation on automobiles, wine, cattle and swine until November 8, 1930.
Debate on Czechoslovakian reservation assumed a certain intensity and it became clear that if they were admitted even in modified form numerous other reservations would be demanded by other countries. After opposing automobile reservation, I finally suggested that the difference between the date on which the convention would actually enter into force was so slight that Czechoslovakia might well withdraw reservation without disadvantage to herself. France supported this suggestion.