561.311F1/22: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva ( Gilbert )
Washington
, May 2,
1933—noon.
44. Your 106, May 1. The Department has designated Mr. Henry Morgenthau, senior, to serve as its expert on the Wheat Conference on [Page 792] May 10. If the League will convey its invitation8 to the Department the Department will transmit it. Mr. Morgenthau is sailing tonight for Geneva.
The Department will do its best to expedite the matter by talking with the Canadian Minister and if possible also with the Argentine Delegation which has just arrived in Washington.
Mr. Morgenthau is accompanied by Mr. George C. Haas of the Farm Board as an advisor.
Hull
- Substance of invitation contained in telegram No. 107, May 3, from the Consul at Geneva (561.311F1/23).↩