793.94/2092: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 13—8:55 p.m.]
195. I have just learned that strenuous objections (behind the scenes, naturally) are being made by the Japanese to the United States joining in the Council’s deliberations under any condition. An invitation to the United States would, I understand, be brought up under paragraph 2, article 5 of the League Covenant, and the juridical position, so I am informed, is that the extension of such an invitation cannot technically be prevented by Japan, since customarily such action is decided by a majority vote. As the question has not developed sufficiently, I would not venture to predict the outcome.