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agreed as to the meaning which could be and ought to be attached to Mr Kellogg's text. The only point that required safeguarding was Article 16 of the Covenant, and everything depended on the wording of that particular passage in the reply to Mr Kellogg. He was having a reply to the

American Secretary of State drafted on the lines

of the Memorandum attached to Sir Cecil Hurst's

Report (Paper C.P.-220 (28)), and he would be glad

if the Cabinet would either meet themselves or

appoint a Committee to consider and deal with the

draft.

The Prime Minister wished that every member

of the Cabinet should have the opportunity of

attending the Meeting, but if anyof his colleagues

were engaged he would appreciate the reasons for

their absence

The Cabinet were reminded that there were

certain Indian aspects of the problem.

The idea of a "Gentleman's Agreement",

contained in Lord Balfour's Memorandum (Paper

C.2.-223 (28)), was attractive to several of his

colleagues. As the Lord President could not

attend a Meeting of the Cabinet on the following

day, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

undertook to send him the Foreign Office draft

at the earliest possible moment, and Lord Balfour

undertook to forward his observations in time for

the Meeting.

The Cabinet agreed

(a) To meet on the following day,

Thursday, July 12th, in the Prime Minister's Room, House of Commons at 6 p.m. to consider the draft despatch to be submitted to them by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs:

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