500.A15A4/838: Telegram
The Acting Chairman of the American Delegation (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 9—1:55 p.m.]
18. At the invitation of the Uruguayan delegation the representatives of the American States including all those here represented from South and Central America38 as well as the United States, Mexico and Canada, met this afternoon to consider the possibility of a joint declaration indicating the solidarity of these countries in favor of the limitation and reduction of armaments and of the pacific settlement of international disputes.
Failing instructions from their Governments the question was put over until these could be consulted. Mr. Wilson stated in the meeting that it was his opinion that any declaration to be of value should be unanimous.
- The following were represented by accredited representatives: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic (first represented by an accredited observer), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.↩