Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

Department of State,
Washington, December 21, 1901.

No. 429.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch, No. 804, of the 4th ultimo, inclosing a copy of correspondence between you and the United States consul-general at Shanghai, respecting the claim to American citizenship of one Lam Chung Wa, a Chinaman, living at Canton.

Your instruction to the consul-general in the matter is approved by the Department.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.