Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 1, The World War, Volume I

File No. 694.119/57

The Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy ( Crawford) to the Assistant to the Counselor for the Department of State ( Auchin-closs)

Washington, January 21, 1918.
[Received January 22.]

Dear Mr. Auchincloss: With reference to your letter of January 10th¹ regarding negotiations between the War Trade Board and Japanese shipping firms, I enclose herewith copy of a memorandum which was handed to the State Department on August 24th last and which appears to cover the point raised in your letter.²

Yours very truly,

Richard Crawford

1. Letter of Jan. 10 not found.
2. Memorandum of Aug. 24, 1917, states: “… the acquisition and employment of Japanese tonnage can be left entirely in the hands of the United States Government together with the supplying of all ship-building material.” Foreign Relations, 1917, Supplement 2, vol. I, p. 685.