793.94/2297: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:55 p.m.]
241. My 240, October 22, 9 a.m. I hear that the Japanese position is unfavorable on the crucial “fifth point”, that is, they insist upon their demand for settlement of certain questions connected with the general solution of permanent problems in Manchuria in advance of Japanese evacuation. At its public meeting called for this afternoon the Council will, I understand, fall back upon the resolution which was quoted in my 213, October 17, midnight; 215, October 18, 2 p.m.; and 222, October 19, 10 a.m., with certain further alterations.