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500.A15A4/2280
Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the German Ambassador (Luther)
[Extract]
[WASHINGTON,] October 9, 1933.
The German Ambassador called and I stated to
him that the one primary and paramount purpose and matter of consideration of
the United States Government was the promotion of general disarmament. I said
that, naturally, any organized movement for this purpose could not logically
contemplate a modified program by which some governments might proceed to
rearm; that the theory of my government was that we should wage a steady
contest for the disarmament of the heavily armed nations, rather than become
parties to a plan for others to proceed to rearm; that this viewpoint had no
reference to countries or populations anywhere in particular.
C [ORDELL] H [ULL]