500.C114/1926: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 13—4:30 p.m.]
4884. Sir Alexander Cadogan1 informed an officer of the Embassy today that the Foreign Office has been making studies regarding the future status of the Permanent Court of International Justice or some alternative organization to take its place at the conclusion of the present war. He said that it is felt here that there must necessarily be some international court and that they are approaching the problem now with a view to examining whether the present court with its existing statute would be adequate for the purpose or whether the present statute needs modification or whether possibly some entirely new organization should be set up. The British propose to take the initiative with the other Allied Governments here in further joint study of this problem. Cadogan inquires whether the subject would be of interest to the United States Government and if so, whether we would care to participate in any way in the joint Allied examination of the problem or whether we would care to be kept currently informed of their work.
- British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.↩