500.A41a/168

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Chinese Legation at Washington85

suggestions of revised and tentative agenda: pacific and far eastern questions

1.
Far East in General:
1st
Principles to be applied.
2nd
Application:
a
Treaties and agreements entered into by the participants in the Conference with regard to the Far East.
b
Declarations to be made by the participants for the mutual respect of sovereignty and territory.
c
Removal of the barriers to the peace of the Far East.
d
Periodical conferences to discuss important international questions in the Far East.
2.
Questions relating to China:
1st
Principles to be applied.
2nd
Application:
a
Administrative integrity.
b
Tariff autonomy.
c
Open Door: Equality of commercial and industrial opportunity.
d
Concessions, monopolies or preferential economic privileges.
e
Development of railways and equality of treatment in railways.
f
Status of existing commitments.
3.
Siberia:
Headings same as originally intended by U.S. Government.
3.
Mandated Islands:
(Unless questions earlier settled)
a
Electrical communications in the Pacific.
  1. A memorandum of Oct. 25 by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs states: “Mr. Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister, this afternoon left with me the attached translation of a telegram, dated October 19, from the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs.”