793.94/10437: Telegram
The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 5—9:15 p.m.]
30. My 28, October 5, 7 p.m.73 Following is text of final resolution taken by Advisory Committee at its meeting this evening:
“The Committee has received two reports from its Subcommittee74 and adopts the following resolution:
The Advisory Committee adopts as its own the two reports submitted to it by its Subcommittee on October 5, 1937, and decides to communicate them to the Assembly, to the members of the League and to the Government of the United States of America.75
The Committee submits the following draft resolution for the approval of the Assembly:
The Assembly:
Adopts as its own the reports submitted to it by its Advisory Committee on the subject of the conflict between China and Japan;
Approves the proposals contained in the second of the said reports and requests its President to take the necessary action with regard to the proposed meeting of the members of the League which are parties to the Nine-Power Treaty of Washington of February 6, 1922;
Expresses its moral support for China, and recommends that members of the League should refrain from taking any action which might have the effect of weakening China’s power of resistance and thus of increasing her difficulties in the present conflict, and should also consider how far they can individually extend aid to China;
Decides to adjourn its present session and to authorize the President to summon a further meeting if the Advisory Committee so requests.”
At the meeting of the Assembly tonight after threats of several abstentions due to the lack of time to consider proposals, [it was] decided to postpone voting on these measures until 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
- Not printed.↩
- For full texts, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, pp. 384 and 394.↩
- The League documents were communicated on October 6 to the United States Government.↩