Office of the Historian

793.94/3703: Telegram

The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State

Geneva, January 29, 1932—2 p.m.
[Received January 29—11:35 a.m.]

54. I have orally delivered to Cecil the communication conveyed in your 30, January 28, noon.

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He wishes me to express to you his deep personal gratitude for your message. He added, as his personal opinion, that the events at Shanghai had produced a situation which called for immediate and strong action and that if such action were not taken still worse troubles would develop.

Gilbert