710.G1A/326
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)
Sir: The Department has read with interest your despatches numbered 732, 740 and 741 of November 13, 24 and 25, respectively,50 with reference to the unofficial League memorandum “The Work of the League of Nations in Relation to the Agenda of the Seventh Pan-American Conference, Geneva, November 1933” prepared for the use of the Seventh International Conference of American States.
In accordance with your request the Department has asked for a report on the effects of the presentation of the League memorandum at the Seventh International Conference of American States and this will be transmitted in due course for your information.
As regards the request in your despatch of November 13, for an expression of the Department’s views, the Department does not desire to make extended comment at this time on the memorandum. The memorandum evidently contains much well prepared factual material which should be of reference use to the delegates in their consideration of similar matters on the agenda of the Seventh International Conference of American States. It is noted, however, that the annex to the memorandum consisting of certain “declarations and exchanges of correspondence” relating to the Monroe Doctrine concerns a subject which is not on the program of the Conference. It is the view of the Department that the Monroe Doctrine has no place in the discussions of the Conference as it is essentially a national policy of the United States.
Very truly yours,
- None printed. Despatch No. 732 transmitted printed copies of the League memorandum (710.G1A/285).↩