500.A15A5/855: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson)13
Washington, January 22, 1937—4
p.m.
515. Your 8, January 20, 1 p.m. The British made oral and written representations to the Japanese on January 18 in the matter of the 14-inch gun limitation. The Japanese replied that Japan was opposed to accepting a qualitative without a quantitative limit but said they would give the problem further consideration and make a definitive reply in a week or a little more.
Hull
- This telegram was evidently addressed to Mr. Wilson in his capacity as member of the American delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva.↩