462.00R296A1/225: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Mellon) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 12—7:40 a.m.]
217. Despite Prime Minister’s scheduled statement in Parliament this afternoon on Lausanne settlement Drummond [ Chamberlain ] felt it necessary last evening to meet criticisms expressed in Commons by stating: [Page 687]
“After all, we have been in touch at Lausanne not only with European representatives, but we have had opportunities of conversations with [the] representatives of the United States and I would ask the House to believe that in this rather delicate situation we have had no reason to think that the course we have taken is one which is going to lead to any of those unfortunate results which Mr. Churchill anticipates.”21
- For official text of Mr. Chamberlain’s speech on July 11, see Great Britain, Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 268 (1931–32), pp. 972–984.↩