851.4061 Motion Pictures/148: Telegram

The Chargé in France (Armour) to the Secretary of State

447. Department’s 299, Sept. 21, 2 p.m. Official answer conveying Hays’ assurances was welcome to appropriate French authorities. As Cinema Control Commission of Inquiry, presided over by François-Poncet, yesterday evening unanimously approved agreement of Sept. 19 and [as] François-Poncet himself has reiterated his approval of this agreement, the present negotiations have come to a successful conclusion. With the state of mind now prevailing it is [Page 1023] reasonable to hope that a permanent agreement on a satisfactory basis will be arrived at within the time specified,42 and the Embassy is correspondingly gratified with the results obtained.

Armour
  1. Before May 1, 1930.