500.A15A4 General Committee (Arms)/48: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Bingham)
412. Please telephone the following message to Amdelgat Geneva and send Department a flash when telephoning has been completed.
“Your 940, October 30, 6 p.m., and 942, November 13, 8 p.m.11 In view of your recent messages, you may present to the Bureau for circulation a draft Convention on Manufacture of and Traffic in Arms.
Although the Department has been working closely and cooperatively with the War Department, it has not yet been possible entirely to reconcile conflicting opinions on certain articles. It is, therefore, suggested that when you present the text you reserve the right (without undue emphasis) to propose or accept modifications on individual articles during the course of debate.
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At your convenience, please submit for my consideration your ideas as to articles of ratification. These articles should, I believe, contain a provision to the effect that the Arms Traffic Convention of 1925 shall be considered as superseded by the coming into effect of this Convention.
Please transmit to the Department by open mail the revised draft as soon as possible.[”]