793.94/13914: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Bucknell) to the Secretary of State
Geneva, September 19, 1938—8
p.m.
[Received September 19—3:40 p.m.]
[Received September 19—3:40 p.m.]
212. My telegram 211, September 19, 7 p.m. I learn that at the private meeting of the Council this afternoon no opposition was made to the Chinese request for the application of article 17. Poland was not represented on the Council on the ground it is understood that Poland’s term has expired. It is believed here that the real explanation of Poland’s taking this position is a desire to avoid being represented on the Council in the event of a Czech appeal or protest to the League.
Bucknell