500.A15A4/2466: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Bingham)
138. For Norman Davis. Your 153, April 5, 3 p.m. and 154 April 6, 11 a.m. With the information now at hand, I am inclined to feel that it would be better for Wilson to attend the Bureau meeting and for you to hold yourself in reserve until the meeting of the General Commission. I assume that this will not be called for several weeks and if so I think there would be much to gain by having you return to this country before it meets. I should like to talk over with you in greater detail the nature of the statement we should probably have to make at the General Commission. I likewise feel that we should thrash out much more fully with the Navy Department the line we might take with the British and Japanese in preliminary discussions. Unless you see some reason to the contrary, I suggest therefore that you complete such conversations as you judge necessary as well as your private work and return home ready to resume officially your disarmament work shortly after arrival.