500.A15A4 General Committee/211: Telegram
The Acting Chairman of the American Delegation (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
Geneva, March 17,
1933—6 p.m.
[Received March 17—4:25 p.m.]
[Received March 17—4:25 p.m.]
573. My 569, March 17, noon. Comment on part IV—Chemical Warfare.
Unless you instruct to the contrary, we shall endeavor to obtain the deletion of article 53 on the grounds that the provisions of article 52 can rest on good faith alone, that article 53 is a nuisance article, and that legislation to enforce it would be almost impossible to draft or enforce.
Article 55: We shall insist upon its deletion for obvious reasons.
Gibson