711.632/72: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Austria (Stockton)

34. 1. Department approves effort to obtain guarantee referred to in last paragraph of your despatch No. 67, August 5.

2. Please keep Department informed by telegraph.

3. Should you be unable to persuade the Austrian Government to accept Senate reservation without reduction of term of treaty, would [Page 857] you favor asking for such acceptance even if accompanied by limitation of compulsory term to 1935?

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