724.3415/301: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:02 p.m.]
427. My telegram No. 419, December 18, 8 p.m. This evening I was summoned to the Foreign Office by Briand. He informed me that now that the affair had been settled he could not let the occasion pass without congratulating you on the successful outcome.
I have interpreted his message as indicating a desire that you should know that the Council of the League considers that with the cessation of hostilities and the acceptance by both Governments of the good offices tendered by the Pan-American Conference such part as it has played in the matter has come to an end.
I told Briand that I had not failed to communicate to you his previous message which seemed to call for a reply (see the last paragraph of memorandum quoted in my telegram No. 419), but he indicated quite plainly that in the light of subsequent events this was no longer necessary.
I presume, however, that you will want to have some message conveyed to him in acknowledgment of this gesture on his part.
I presume that the Embassy may give any such message to the local press unless instructed to the contrary.