711.428/506

The Acting Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Reading)

The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador and with reference to the memorandum from the British Embassy dated March 19, 1919, on the subject of the proposed publication of the draft treaty and regulations for the protection of the sockeye salmon in the Fraser River System, prepared by the International Fisheries Conference, has the honor to inform him that the identic précis enclosed therein is entirely satisfactory to the Government of the United States. The Acting Secretary of State suggests that this précis be made public by both Governments on Monday, March 31, 1919, and requests to be informed if this date is not satisfactory to the British Government.