500.A15A4 Steering Committee/417: Telegram
The American Delegate (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 23—3 p.m.]
834. My 826, April 10, 7 p.m. The following communication from the President of the Conference to the members of the Bureau has just been received:
“Referring to the decision taken by the Bureau oil April 10th in respect of the meetings of the Bureau and of the General Commission, respectively, on April 30th and May 23rd the President of the Conference has the honor to inform the members of the Bureau that in view of recent developments it has been considered that no useful purpose could be achieved by the Bureau meeting at the date referred to above.
It has also been suggested that if any meeting of the Bureau be considered necessary it should be held on the eve of the meeting of the General Commission or even on the same day.
The President would be grateful to the members of the Bureau if they could let him know by telegraph (addressed to the League of Nations Secretariat in Geneva) if they would agree to hold the meeting of the Bureau at 10:30 in the morning of May 29 and the meeting of the General Commission in the afternoon of the same day.
The suggested change as regards the date of the meeting of the General Commission will make it possible for certain delegates to attend the meeting in person which they would be prevented from doing if the date of the 23rd were adhered to.”
I understand that Henderson is making this suggestion after consultation with various governments.
Please instruct.