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nations, it had become merely a Treaty that
might be adopted as a model for bi-lateral or
other Treaties between particular Powers. In
these circumstances there was no question of
this Treaty being adopted by Great Britain.
Nevertheless, he had not refrained from criticis-
ing and securing amendments in the Treaty.
The Cabinet agreed
(a) The French proposals for the
limitation of Naval armaments should be approved, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs should be responsible for the diplomatic arrangements for communicating them to the foreign Governments concerned prior to their discussion at Geneva:
(b) The German Proposals for Publicity
should only be accepted in so far as "Effectives" (Tables I to IX) and Military Programmes are con- cerned, provided that information in regard to the latter is confined to that which is normally presented to Parliament.
The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air should instruct their respective Departments to draw up, for the
guidance of the British Representa- tive at Geneva, Memoranda setting forth the technical arguments against Tables X to XIV :
(c) As regards the Model Treaty to
Strengthen the Means of Preventing War, the Policy Committee should be empowered, without further refer- ence to the Cabinet, to draft criticisms for the guidance of the British Representative at Geneva. Lord Cushendun, however, should be given full discretion as to whether he used the material furnished by the Cabinet Committee or kept silence. The Chancellor of the Duchy was asked, in the event of the Treaty undergoing further criticism, not to commit himself in his criticisms so far as to involve any risk of his being pressed to sign it:
(d) As regards the Scheme for Financial Assistance to States Victims of Aggression, the Treasury and Foreign
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