811.113/306a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Delegate (Wilson)

347. Department’s 85, March 11, 7 p.m.37 First paragraph. The Arms Embargo Resolution was passed by the House of Representatives on April 17. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 30 reported it out with an amendment as follows:

“Provided, however, that any prohibition of export, or of sale for export under this resolution shall apply impartially to all the parties in the dispute or conflict to which it refers.”

The Secretary at the press conference on May 29 stated that the proposed amendment did not conform to the views of the President or of himself.

In order to avoid a controversy at this time in regard to American conceptions of neutrality, the majority leaders in the Senate will probably not bring up the embargo resolution for a vote during this session of Congress. It is the intention of the administration to urge the enactment of the resolution in its original form at the next session.

Phillips