The Archive · 1939

President May Issue New

Peace Appeal — Powers Asked to Enter Pacts with Germany

Washington, Apr. 30.

President Roosevelt may undertake a new diplomatic move in which the United States and 21 Latin American Republics will issue.a statement urging European nations to accept Chancellor Adolf Hitler's invitation to enter into non-aggression pacts with Germany, it was learned last night.

The European nations to be address sed in the American appeal would be those 31 countries named in President Roosevelt's "April 14 peace appeal to Chancellor Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini.

The Latin American nations which may join with the United States in such a declaration would be those Republics which endorsed President Roosevelt's original appeal to the European dictators.

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