884.001 Selassie I/339: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham)
333. The Reverend William Sheafe Chase, Superintendent of the International Reform Federation, Washington, D. C, called yesterday to inform the Department that his London representative had invited the Emperor of Ethiopia to visit the United States presumably in connection with Dr. Chase’s activities favoring the calling of a conference of the signatories of the Paris Anti-War Pact to consider the Ethiopian situation. He inquired whether it was true, as he had been informed by his London office, that the Emperor had been refused permission to visit the United States.
He was told that the Emperor had not applied for a visa and that consequently permission had not been refused. At the same time Dr. Chase’s attention was drawn to the considerations outlined in the third sentence of your 389, August 5, 7 p.m., and paragraph 1 of the Department’s 320, September 1, 5 p.m.
Today a letter was received from Dr. Chase stating that he had cabled his London representative to inform the Emperor that “his papers would be visaed by the American Embassy.”
The foregoing is for your information and in no way alters the Department’s 320, September 1, 5 p.m.