Office of the Historian

511.3 B 1/92: Telegram

The Chargé in Switzerland (Lane) to the Acting Secretary of State

Berne, September 3, 1922—noon.
[Received September 3—10:07 a.m.]

74. League has received Department’s communication of July 28th regarding decision of the United States not to be a party to Arms Traffic Conference [Convention] of Saint Germain. Commission on Armaments has decided that our decision constitutes fait nouveau and that whole question will have to be reconsidered.

Lane