500.A15a3/109a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Dawes)
209. Department has been asked by British Ambassador to ascertain what time in October would be most convenient for Prime Minister’s visit to the United States. Mr. MacDonald has indicated that he could spend a week here, possibly up to the 12th of October; he will have to sail for home on the 19th and thinks of going to Canada for the intervening period. Our answer to the Ambassador will be that these dates would not come into conflict with the President’s engagements. It will be clear to you, however, that we consider it essential that, before he makes such a visit, and as a necessary prerequisite thereof, there should be substantial agreement on the parity question which in our earlier cables we have mentioned as the nub of our difficulties. Without this, his visit, we fear, is likely to have bad rather than good results.