500.A15A4 Steering Committee/414: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the American Delegate (Wilson)

408. Your 828, April 11, noon.1 At the press conference on April 9, a correspondent said that he understood you would attend the meeting as observer as in the past. The Secretary replied by saying that the usual standing instructions concerning keeping aloof from purely local or European political problems still stood.

Department today released first paragraph your number 826, April 10, 7:00 p.m. together with following statement: “This government will be represented at the meeting of the Bureau and the General Commission as in the past.”

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