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The Secretary of State to Minister Griscom.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Department of State,
Washington, November 24, 1905.

(Mr. Root advises Mr. Griscom that in view of the recent convention between Japan and Korea, relating to the foreign relations of Korea, the American minister at Seoul has been instructed to withdraw from Korea, and that the diplomatic representation of the United States affecting treaty rights, persons, and property in Korea is transferred to the American legation at Tokyo, such questions to be negotiated through the Japanese foreign office.)