793.94/10300a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison)
6. Please immediately communicate to the Secretary General of the League of Nations and suggest to him that he may care to inform the Assembly at its meeting today of the text of a statement which I am making public today reading as follows:
“The Department of State has been informed by the American Minister to Switzerland of the text of the resolution unanimously [Page 41] adopted on September 27 by the Advisory Committee of the League of Nations on the subject of aerial bombardment by Japanese air forces of open towns in China.
The American Government, as has been set forth to the Japanese Government repeatedly and especially in this Government’s note of September 22, holds the view that any general bombing of an extensive area wherein there resides a large populace engaged in peaceful pursuits is unwarranted and contrary to principles of law and of humanity.”
If before there is an opportunity to have the statement quoted above presented to the Assembly there should occur a meeting of the Advisory Committee you should read the statement to the Advisory Committee.