740.00111A.R.–N.C./107
The Secretary of State to the Director General of the Pan American Union (Rowe)
My Dear Dr. Rowe: I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 2186 enclosing copies of the English text of the recommendations submitted by the Inter-American Neutrality Committee relative to the Security Zone87 established by the Declaration of Panama.
Your letter states that, in transmitting the said recommendations, the chairman of the Committee requests the opinion of the members of the Governing Board of the Pan American Union relative to the desirability of having the Inter-American Neutrality Committee release to the press information concerning the recommendations. I note that the Supervisory Committee of the Governing Board at a meeting held on May 14 agreed that pending a final decision, it would inform the Inter-American Neutrality Committee that, in the opinion of the Supervisory Committee, no publicity should be released with respect to the recommendations.
My Government is of the opinion that, pending the study of these recommendations and the reaching by the American republics of an agreement as to the measures which they are willing to take in order to attain the objectives of the Declaration of Panama, it would be [Page 318] desirable to give no publicity to the different proposals which may be discussed, including the current recommendation of the Inter-American Neutrality Committee.
Sincerely yours,