710.G Women’s Rights/26: Telegram
The Minister in Uruguay (Wright) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 9:25 a.m.]
47. Your 32, December 27, 4 p.m. The Conference approved and the American delegation indicated it would sign with reservations the Convention on Nationality of Women and the general convention on nationality.
Owing to the fact that the American committee on style had changed wording of English texts in several instances and that texts finally adopted passed by such committee were not available to delegation until the last plenary session was being held and then less than an hour before the time set for signing the conventions and other instruments, it was not possible to compare the texts with delegation’s original texts in time to sign along with other delegates.
This was carefully explained to Secretary General who entirely approved the postponement of the signature of all instruments until opportunity was presented to compare texts. The Secretary left instructions that the conventions mentioned and other instruments should be signed so soon as texts were compared, signatures to be accompanied by the reservations which the President directed should be made. It is expected that the conventions will be signed by Weddell and me within the next few days, other signatures to be affixed in Washington when the instruments arrive.