793.94/2210a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)
94. Since the receipt today of the invitation from the Council for you to attend its meetings I think it well to repeat, for the purpose of absolute clarity, your instructions, which are as follows:
You are authorized to participate in the discussions of the Council when they relate to the possible application of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, to which treaty the United States is a party. You are expected to report the result of such discussions to the Department for its determination as to possible action. If you are present at the discussion of any other aspect of the Chinese-Japanese dispute, it must be only as an observer and auditor.