884.001 Selassie I/340: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 11—9:55 a.m.]
429. Your 333, September 10, 5 p.m. Edward Page Gaston, apparently the London representative of the Reverend William Chase, [Page 218] called to see me yesterday and referred to the telegram he had received from Dr. Chase to the effect that he might inform the Emperor that “his papers would be visaed by the American Embassy”. Mr. Gaston seemed to think that such a message was one on which the Embassy could act. I made it clear to him, however, that the Embassy was in no way concerned in such a message and that action in the premises could only be taken under instructions from my Government. I endeavored to point out to him the futility of the Emperor’s making a visit to the United States, particularly before the election, and he gave me to understand that the Emperor would not make such an attempt before the election.