711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/19b: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic and Consular Representatives 10
Referring to the statement I issued July 16 which was carried in Radio Bulletin No. 164 of that date, you are requested to call at the Foreign Office and say that this statement has no doubt already come to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and that you would be glad to transmit back to Washington his comment on the [Page 704] principles set forth in the statement and that you would likewise be glad to transmit any information he might wish to give you as to the attitude his Government might have toward keeping alive and making effective the principles featured in the statement.
- Sent to the diplomatic officers in charge in Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Irish Free State, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Rumania, Siam, Turkey, Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia; and to the consular officers at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and Wellington, New Zealand. The same as telegram No. 31 on the same date to the Chargé in Iran with the added instruction to request his Afghan colleague to convey the message to his Government at Kabul.↩