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File No. 6292/59 A.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador O’Brien.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Department of State,
Washington, May 21, 1908.

(Mr. Root directs Mr. O’Brien to informally apprise the minister for foreign affairs that both Houses of Congress have unanimously [Page 516] passed the bill authorizing the acceptance of the invitation to the Tokyo Exposition and the expenditure of $1,500,000 for appropriate participation by the United States.

Mr. Root also directs Mr. O’Brien to announce that the Senate has confirmed the treaties regarding trade-marks, copyright, and patents in Japan and Korea.)