File No. 893.114/166
The Minister in China ( Reinsch), en route to Washington, to the Secretary of State 1
I beg to suggest that while the corrupt transaction for the purchase by the Government of the opium stocks held by the Shanghai combine is an accomplished fact the dangerous consequences to be expected therefrom might be moderated if the attention of the Chinese Government were pointedly called to the vital importance of not jeopardizing the results of national and international opium reform work as already accomplished and as contemplated under the Hague draft treaty ratified by the United States and China. …
I expect to arrive Washington August 3.
- Forwarded by the Ambassador in Japan.↩