724.3415/3916: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Bingham) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 14—7:43 a.m.]
413. For the Secretary from Norman Davis. In the course of a conversation yesterday Simon referred to repeated efforts which England had made to induce Italy to take a more constructive attitude as regards the Chaco arms embargo proposal. He was particularly concerned over the Italian insistence that the embargo should not apply to existing and recurrent contracts for the shipment of arms. He asked me to transmit to you a personal message to the effect that it would be most useful if the United States could express to the Italian Government its preoccupation over the delay in the practical application of this proposal.