611.5631/222: Telegram
The Minister in the Netherlands (Emmet) to the Secretary of State
The
Hague, June 22, 1935—11
a.m.
[Received June 22—5:47 a.m.]
[Received June 22—5:47 a.m.]
46. Legation’s No. 45, June 21, 4 p.m. Explanation of the reaction of the Netherlands authorities to our list of desiderata, I have been told this morning, is this: They fear that if they accept our list in its present form as a basis for negotiation they will ipso facto admit that they are willing to give consideration to the suppression of quotas.
Emmet