893.51/3165: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 4:23 p.m.]
1738. British group suggests, and Foreign Office concurs, that eighth word of second paragraph of the draft communication to the [Page 602] Chinese Government concerning consortium prepared by Legations of interested powers at Peking42 be altered to read “information regarding.” Altered paragraph will thus begin “The text of the consortium agreement and information regarding the resolutions, etc.” The alteration would afford the advantage of not necessarily committing the groups to communicating actual texts of the documents but merely the substance if considered preferable.
Foreign Office informing British Legation, Peking, that it approves suggestion and awaits reply of other Governments concerned.