The Archive · 1938

Common Defence Policy

Diplomatic observers here expressed the opinion that Mr. London's lack of an official position enabled him io use more emphatic phraseology than members of the Cabinet have used. However, Mr. Cordell Hull as head of the delegation was reported to be aware of the contents of the speeches all delegates were planning to make, The former Governor of Kansas forecast that foreign ideologies would eventually fail to establish themselves in the western hemisphere. However, he emphasized, "more than words and gestures" would be necessary to repel them.

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