Office of the Historian

793.94/4376: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson), at Geneva

Washington, February 24, 1932—1 p.m.

21. Your 34, February 24, 10 a.m. I do not now anticipate in the near future the action contemplated in my 19, February 20, 2 p.m.

On the subject of the Nine-Power Treaty I have made public a letter to Senator Borah, the text of which follows. It is sent to you for your information and guidance and that of the delegation.96 You should make the full text available to the press. You may show it to Drummond for the purpose you mentioned. Here follows the text:

[Text of the letter to Senator Borah is quoted in telegram No. 50, February 24, 1932, 2 p.m., to the Consul General at Shanghai, printed in Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, volume I, page 83.]

Stimson
  1. To the General Disarmament Conference at Geneva.↩