500.A15A4/1998: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the American Delegation (Davis)
341. Your 657, May 24, 6 p.m.33 Please continue to exert all your influence against an adjournment of the Disarmament Conference until substantial conclusions have been reached. An adjournment by a fixed date irrespective of the state of the work would be an invitation to obstruction and dilatory tactics. We attach great importance to this point.
We shall consider the question of a possible reorganization of the Delegation if circumstances change or signature becomes more imminent. During this critical stage in the negotiations, however, we hesitate to alter in any way the present Delegation in Geneva which is functioning so effectively as a unit.
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