500.A15A4 General Committee/322: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the American Delegate to the Bureau of the Conference (Wilson)
326. For Davis. Your 614, April 27, midnight.70 As to aviation you can state that President believes ultimate goal must be to forbid any and all use of aircraft in land and sea war. Therefore he regards [Page 123] present plan as a step only. In taking this step and succeeding steps United States should have relative protection other nations have. He approves your offering minor amendments you suggest provided this does not arouse serious opposition or weaken our general support of plan.