500.A15A4 General Committee/670: Telegram
The American Delegate (Wilson) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received November 23—2:25 p.m.]
796. From conversations with Eden and Soragna it appears that a first step in parallel and supplementary activities as suggested in Henderson’s statement to the Bureau approved yesterday may take the form of a meeting of Ambassadors accredited to Rome under the chairmanship of Mussolini. I gather that the participation of the [Page 320] American Ambassador32 would be much desired. The other participants would be limited initially at least to the British and French Ambassadors. The purpose of these conversations would be purely exploratory in order to consider ways and means of finding the best method and subject of approach to Germany on the subject of disarmament.
- Breckinridge Long.↩