724.3415/3798: Telegram

The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State

135. Arms embargo developments.

1.
Consulate’s 132, June 4, 2 p.m., pertinent communications have been sent to Tokyo and Moscow.
2.
The British Delegation informs me privately that they have suggested to London to take the matter up with Berlin along the lines indicated in Consulate’s 128, June 2, 5 p.m., paragraph 5.
3.
Consulate’s 131, June 4, 10 a.m., a project was developed to convene here a meeting of Council states but technically not meeting as the Council, to inquire what embargo measures each had taken or was prepared to take. Although no satisfactory common formula could be evolved from the replies received a request would be made at such a meeting that each institute immediately an embargo in some form. It is understood here that the states which have thus far executed embargo measures are the United States, Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland, Brazil and Argentina. The Italians, however, stated that they were unwilling to attend such a meeting pending replies from Russia and Japan. Thus this project is for the moment in abeyance.
4.
The situation appears to me to have improved due to the increased activity on the part of the British.
Gilbert