SECRET DIPLOMACY
THE NECESSITY FOE IT
NEW YORK, Bth August. Sir Arthur Willert, speaking at the Institute of Polities, in session at WilHamstown, Massachusetts, said: "Secret diplomacy is necessary for the efficient solution of international disputes. Geneva should become a sort of club for Foreign Ministers, at which in the League of Nations sessions they can meet informally and quietly to discuss controversial problems without satisfying inconvenient curiosity. There would be criticism of this, but international negotiations to succeed must be secretive to some extent and also informal. Private individuals do not take the world into their confidence when they have contentious questions to settle. It is easier to be frank, make concessions, and meet the other side half-way privately than in open conference. lam not suggesting secret agreements. Nothing good can be said of them. The war of psychology has virtually vanished from Europe, and the cleavages of war have practically closed. Political and economic reconstruction appear to be making progress everywhere. Europe has made a proper begmnmg to find herself solidly on her feet. '
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 35, 10 August 1927, Page 9
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