500.A15a3/238: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Dawes)
271. Your 292, October 7, 3 p.m. You should address the following note to the Foreign Minister in reply to his note of October 7:
“I have the honor to refer to the note which you were good enough to address to me78 October 7 and I take great pleasure in informing you that the American Government hastens to accept the invitation of His Majesty’s Government to a conference on naval armaments to take place in London the latter part of January, which will unite the powers signatory to the Washington Treaty in a discussion which will anticipate the problems raised under Article 21 of that Treaty as well as broaden its whole scope by the inclusion of the other categories of ships.”
The text of this communication will be released for the morning papers of Friday, October 11th.
- The Department was informed by the Chargé in Great Britain that in the text of the above note, which he sent to the British Foreign Office on October 10, the word “me” was changed to “the Ambassador”, in view of the Ambassador’s temporary departure from London; telegram No. 296, October 10, 11 a.m. (not printed).↩