File No. 774/400–401.
Chargé Lorillard to the Secretary of State.
Lisbon, October 30, 1908.
Sir: Referring to the department’s instruction No. 160 of March 10, 1908, inviting the Government of Portugal to take part in a joint investigation of the opium trade and the opium habit in the Far East, and in continuation of Mr. Bryan’s No. 422 of August 4, 1908, on the same subject, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy and a translation of a note from the foreign office, dated the 22d instant, whereby the Portuguese Government officially accepts the invitation of the American Government, states its intention to be represented on the international commission which is to meet at Shanghai in January next, and adds that the subject to be discussed has been the object of investigation by a committee sitting at Macau since August last.
I have, etc.,