500.A15Franco–British/15
The British Chargé (Chilton) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 13.]
Sir: I did not fail to convey to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the text of your note of July 29th [August 2d] making certain enquiries regarding the result of the preliminary conversations which have proceeded between His Majesty’s Government in Great Britain and the French Government with a view to finding a basis for naval limitation.
I have now been informed that the same enquiries were made in London on August 4th by the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States, and I presume that you are already in possession of the information which was supplied to Mr. Atherton in reply to his questions.
I have [etc.]