740.00111A.R.–N.C./110
The Under Secretary of State (Welles) to the American Member of the Inter-American Neutrality Committee (Fenwick)
My Dear Processor Fenwick: In reply to your letter of May 31, I share your favorable opinion regarding the decision of the Inter-American Neutrality Committee to change the rules of procedure so as to permit a majority of the members, instead of the full membership, to discuss problems presented to the Committee and to adopt recommendations by a majority vote of the whole membership.
This procedure appears to me all the more desirable in view of the absence of Señor Jimenez. While I hope that Señor Jimenez will be able to return and that if he does not do so the Costa Rican Government will appoint a substitute, the question of what should be done, if neither of these possibilities takes place, is one the consideration of which can well be deferred.
Sincerely yours,