Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay.

American Embassy,
London, May 12, 1902.

No. 857.]

Sir: With reference to your instruction No. 883, of the 5th ultimo, and to previous correspondence respecting the case of J. L. Molloy, a prisoner of war in Bermuda, I have the honor to state that upon information received from Lord Lansdowne the general officer commanding at Bermuda has been requested by telegraph to allow the United States consul at Hamilton to interview Molloy and to obtain an affidavit from him.

I have, etc.,

Joseph H. Choate.