511.1D1/35: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson)

120. Your 33, April 11, noon.8 You are requested to notify the Secretary General of the League of Nations in the sense of the following, referring to his communication of April 10, 1929, addressed to the Secretary of State:

The Government of the United States, being desirous of cooperating in a work which has for its object the proper treatment of foreigners, is pleased to inform the Secretary General that it has designated George A. Gordon, American First Secretary at Paris, to attend the Conference as a technical expert to cooperate in a consultative capacity.

Please request Consul at Geneva to forward immediately to Gordon League documents concerning the Conference including the draft Convention and any information which he believes will be of assistance.

Stimson
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