883.05/306: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt (Gunther) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 12—3 p.m.]
42. …
I have not failed to continue pressing for additional American representation and now am happy to report: (1) I have received a personal letter from the judicial adviser, Judge Booth, stating that now he finds every disposition to accept the suggestion of an eventual appointment of a third American judge to the court of first instance at Cairo; (2) the Prime Minister informed me this morning that, responding to my personal representations to him, he had succeeded in obtaining the consent to appointment of another American judge to fill the vacancy I reported in my 40, June 3, 7 p.m.
While an official communication in this sense has not reached me, may I suggest the desirability of seeking soon for three suitable nominees. If tentatively selected, a really competent judge would have time this summer to become sufficiently proficient in French (if not already so) by being ready to go to France for study during the summer months.