Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, General, the British Commonwealth, Volume I

500.A15A5/232: Telegram

The Chairman of the American Delegation (Davis) to the Secretary of State

London, November 2, 1934—7 p.m.
[Received November 2—3:59 p.m.]

20. Your No. 12, October 31, 5 p.m. I have carefully avoided saying anything that could be construed as a threat of what we would do in case of abrogation of the Washington Treaty. The intimation that the United States might fortify its possessions in the Pacific if the Japanese scrapped the treaty was first contained in a Reuter’s despatch as coming from Washington official circles.

Davis