File No. 711.428/45a
The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador ( Spring Rice)
Excellency: Referring to my note No. 1889 of the 13th instant, advising you of the selection of Dr. Hugh M. Smith, the Commissioner of Fisheries, and Mr. Edwin F. Sweet, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, as representatives of the United States in the proposed conference to consider pending questions concerning the fisheries on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, I have now the honor to inform you that, in deference to the wish of the Canadian Government that each Government should be represented in the conference by three commissioners, as stated in your personal letter to me of October 30,1 the Honorable William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, will participate in the conference as a representative of the United States in addition to Doctor Smith and Mr. Sweet.
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