500.A15A5 Construction/146: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
Washington, April 2, 1938—4 p.m.
137. Your 274, April 1, 11 a.m. At the outset of the discussions with regard to possible new limits on the size and armament of capital ships of sub-category (a) we shall take the position that in view of the lack of precise details with regard to construction in this sub-category [Page 908] by a non-Treaty Power it does not appear to us to be advisable to fix an upper limit of size of ships of this sub-category and of the calibre of guns which they may carry.
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