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500.A15A4 General Committee (Arms)/81: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the American Adviser (Mayer)

Washington, January 16, 1935—2 p.m.

467. My 466, January 15, 8 p.m. On further consideration, we think it advisable for you to seek a clarification of the situation through a frank talk with Eden.13 After speaking to him along the lines authorized in our 466, you might add a reference to the unfortunate repercussions in the United States of any delay in dealing with a [Page 4] problem in which the American public and the American Congress are particularly interested at this time.

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  1. Anthony Eden, Lord Privy Seal and British representative on the Council of the League of Nations.↩