500.A15A5 Construction/184: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 2—4:55 p.m.]
476. My 453, May 25, 4 p.m.25 At meeting this afternoon at the Foreign Office with Cadogan and Holman, Captain Danckwerts and Commander Bell of the Admiralty, Cambon and French Naval Attaché, Johnson and Captain Willson, Cadogan submitted the following draft text of a protocol for signature by the London Naval Treaty Powers:
[Here follows substantially the text contained in telegram No. 571, June 28, 6 p.m., from The Chargé in the United Kingdom, printed on page 916.]
The British propose signature of a similar protocol separately between themselves and the German and Soviet Governments under the terms of the British naval limitation treaties with those governments. The Polish and Italian Governments are to be fully informed of action being taken but no documents are to be submitted to them. Any similar action with Italy will have to await the accession of the Italian Government to the 1936 Naval Treaty. The British-Polish naval agreement has not yet been ratified and it is proposed to withhold ratification until a protocol similar to the one now under consideration [Page 915] can be agreed upon with Poland, and the treaty and the protocol will then be ratified at the same time.
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