London:
The five countries participating in the
London Naval Conference lay out their basic positions: the United States wants naval parity with
Great Britain; Great Britain seems to resist this notion, pointing out that as
an island nation with a massive empire, “our navy is us;” France wants no deal
that doesn’t include some arrangement for European continental security; Italy
wants naval parity with any other continental European power (mainly France); Japan
says it just wants peace, economy and good will, and a reduction in navies by
all parties. Every observer, including
the delegates, admits that a long road lies ahead for the conference.
Mexico City:
Mexico breaks off diplomatic relations with
the Soviet Union, saying that its embassies in Argentina, Brazil and the United
States have been the targets of repeated propaganda and attacks by communists
in those countries, making it impossible for Mexico to continue normal
relations. Foreign Minister Genaro Estrada says, “The Mexican government knows perfectly well this propaganda
against our institutions and the national revolution has been prepared and
directed from Russia. It is also known
that the communist groups (directing the propaganda) did not work independently
because every political organization of that country is subject to the soviet
government.” Mexico’s was the first
diplomatic legation in the western hemisphere for Soviet Russia. Estrada announces that Mexico’s ambassador in
Moscow has already left the country.
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