724.3415/3772: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)
50. Your 117, June 1, 9 a.m. We have no information other than that contained in your recent telegrams in regard to the position which the German Government proposes to take or of the procedure which it intends to follow in communicating with the League.
This Government does not intend to take any action in the matter.
We see no reason why the German Government should not, if it so desires, communicate its reply to the League either directly or through a government member of that organization.
In view of the provisions of Article 170 of the Treaty of Versailles74 prohibiting the export of arms, munitions and war material of every kind from Germany, it is not understood why other governments have made their action contingent upon that of Germany. Have you any information on that point?
- Treaties, Conventions, etc., 1910–1923, vol. iii, pp. 3329, 3402.↩