500.A15A4 General Committee/302: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the American Delegate ( Wilson )
320. For Norman Davis. Your 163, 164, and 165, April 16. The President had a long talk yesterday with MacDonald on disarmament44 and is planning to discuss this subject with Herriot tonight. We are, however, strongly of the opinion that it would be a great mistake at the present time to favor an adjournment. There is very real ground to fear that-public opinion would regard this as equal to a breakdown. We count on you, therefore, to exert every effort to keep the Conference in session, with a view to a real effort being made to break the deadlock in the near future. We hope to send you a fuller despatch late tonight or early tomorrow.
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