File No. 774/516–517.
Ambassador O’Brien
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Tokio, December 2,
1908.
No. 514.]
Sir: In reference to this embassy’s telegram of
August 10, 1908, and to its dispatch No. 406, of August 23 last,2 respectively transmitting
the names of the Japanese members of the joint opium commission,
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I now have the honor to inform
you that I am in receipt of a communication from the foreign office
stating that—
These commissioners have since been engaged in, and completed to
a large extent, the investigation of the opium question in Japan
on lines generally similar to the items of investigation by the
United States commissioners,
and requesting that I communicate the above fact to my
Government.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Ambassador O’Brien.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Tokio, November 30, 1908.
Monsieur le Ministre: In reference to Mr.
Jay’s note of the 23d of July last relative to the names and rank of
the commissioners of the Imperial Government to the international
commission for the investigation of the opium trade and habit in the
Far East, as well as the scope and method of treatment of the
investigation to be made before the meeting at Shanghai, I had the
honor to inform him of the names and rank of the Japanese
commissioners on the 10th of August last when the appointment was
made. These commissioners have since been engaged in, and completed
to a large extent, the investigation of the opium question in Japan
on lines generally similar to the items of investigation by the
United States commissioners, as communicated by Mr. Jay’s note of
the 14th July last. I have, therefore, the honor to request that
your excellency will be good enough to communicate the above to the
Government of the United States.
I avail, etc.
