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Conf. D. 166
Geneva, February 27th, 1934.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
CONFERENCE FOR THE REDUCTION AND LIMITATION
OF ARMAMENTS
Documents concerning the Date of the Resumption of the
Work of the Conference and the Correspondence between
the President of the Conference and the Governments
of the United Kingdom, France and Italy
CONTENTS.
Page
Note by the President of the Conference 2
1. Letter, dated January 26th, 1934, sent by t*16 President to the Members of the General
Commission (document Conf.D./C.L.x 1) with reference to the Date of Resumption of the Work
of the Conference 2
2. Letter, dated January 27th, 1934, sent by the President to the Governments of the United
Kingdom, France and Italy 3
3. (a) Reply of the Italian Government 3
Memorandum by the Italian Government 3
(b) Reply of the United Kingdom Government 6
(i) Memorandum on Disarmament communicated by His Majesty’s Government in
the United Kingdom to the Governments represented at the Disarmament Conference 6
(ii) Statement made by Sir John Simon in the House of Commons on February 6th, 1934 1 12
(c) Reply from the French Government 17
{i) Memorandum communicated by the German Government to the French Ambassador
in Berlin on December 18th, 1933 ^
(ii) Memorandum by the French Government of January 1st, 1934 20
(iii) Reply of the German Government, dated January 19th, i934> to the French Govern¬
ment’s Memorandum dated January 1st, 1934 23
4. Memorandum handed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Reich by the French Ambassador
in Berlin on February 14th, 1934 2 7
5 Letter, dated February 19th, 1934, sent by the President of the Conference to Members of the
General Commission (document Conf.D./C.L.i2) in regard to the Date of Meeting of theBureau 29
6. Letter addressed on March 3rd, 1934. bY the Delegation of the United States of America to the
Secretary-General
Aide-memoire communicated on February 19th by the United State Secretary of State to
the United Kingdom Ambassador at Washington 29
1 See report of the debate in Volume 285, No. 30, of “ Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons”.
Series of League of Nations Publications
IX. DISARMAMENT
1934. IX. 1.
S.d.N. 2.530 (F.) 1.975 (A.) 3/34. Imp. duj.de G.