550.S1/701: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Great Britain ( Atherton )
84. For Norman Davis. Your 91, April 29, 11 p.m. If you believe that within a few days members of the Organization Committee will receive authorization from their respective Governments to consider your Tariff Truce Resolution do not discuss any alternative weaker text.
If you believe this unlikely, however, the Department believes you might make a statement along the following lines:
“To the American Government it seems of the utmost importance that during the weeks preceding the Conference there be added no additional obstacles to international commerce which would almost certainly shake public confidence in the intentions of governments and impair the friendly atmosphere necessary for the success of the Conference. For that reason, the American Government deems that the promulgation by the Organization Committee of a recommendation of the sort it offered to be highly important. It would regret having the recommendation of some general and weaker nature. However, if the type of resolution that the American Government offers is unacceptable, I am instructed to support the best obtainable.”