by Secretary of State of the United States of America In Connection with His Trip to South America to attend the DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 1019 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price $1.00 (Cloth) 341.1 llneta licia FOREWORD T 16 Nov.l137 Mann HE Secretary of State, the Honorable Cordell gation to the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, which met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 1-23, 1936. This was the second official trip to South America which Mr. Hull has made since he became Secretary of State. It will be recalled that, as Chairman of the United States Delegation, he attended the Seventh International Conference of American States at Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1933, being the first Secretary of State of this country to travel to Latin America to attend one of the inter-American conferences as an official delegate. Mr. Hull took advantage of the opportunity to visit the countries touched en route to and from Buenos Aires, and the present publication contains not only the addresses and statements made by him at the Conference Sbut also those made by him in connection with his trip. It is believed that this publication will be of special in terest in view of the success of the Conference and the important utterances made by the Secretary of State during the Conference. The address to the Conference on December 5, 1936 contains the Hull “Eight Pillars of Peace” which outline in detail this Government's com prehensive program for the maintenance of peace in the A, Western Hemisphere. (111) coyot 981989 ITINERARY 1936 November 7 Sailed from New York. November 19 Arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. November 20 Sailed from Rio de Janeiro. November 21 Arrived at and sailed from Santos, Brazil. November 24 Arrived at and sailed from Montevideo, Uruguay. November 25 Arrived at Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 26 Sailed from Buenos Aires. December 29 Arrived at Santos. December 30 Sailed from Santos. . December 31 Arrived at and sailed from Rio de Janeiro. 1937 8 Arrived at and sailed from Port of Spain, Trinidad. January January (iv) Page ADDRESSES DELIVERED DURING THE CONFERENCE. Radio Address from Buenos Aires, December 1, 1936... Address at the First Plenary Session of the Inter-Amer- ican Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, De- Remarks Before Committee I, Organization of Peace, Radio Address from Buenos Aires, December 12, 1936. Radio Address from Buenos Aires, December 18, 1936. Address at the Closing Session of the Conference, De- ADDRESSES DELIVERED AND STATEMENTS MADE PRIOR TO THE Remarks Before the People's Mandate Committee to End War, November 6, 1936..... Statement at New York Before Sailing, November 7, Statement at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 19, 1936. Address at a Banquet Given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 1936. Radio Address from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November Statement at Santos, Brazil, November 21, 1936. Statement at Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, 1936. Radio Address at Montevideo, Uruguay, November 24, Statement at Buenos Aires, November 25, 1936..... ADDRESS DELIVERED AND STATEMENTS MADE FOLLOWING Statement at Santos, Brazil, December 29, 1936.. Statement at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 31, 1936. Statement Upon Arrival in New York, January 13, 1937. Address on the Results and Significance of the Confer- |