The Archive · 1938

To Visit Peru

Pan-American Conference Attendance Undetermined Washington, Nov. 21.

Officials of the State Department have advised President Roosevelt not to attend the Pan-American Conference at Lima, Peru, next month, reliable circles said today.

Some military advisers, however, indicated that the President was still undetermined whether to attend the conference in order to lend prestige to the meeting because the factor of continental defence will be a major issue, President Roosevelt recently outlined a policy which calls for a powerful American continental defence programme against possible attacks from other continents.—United Press,

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