125.655/122: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Kellogg)
74. Your 102, March 26, noon.
The Department is gratified to learn that there is good prospect of settling the Newcastle case along lines previously agreed on.
[Page 250]I wrote you letter March 25, in answer to your letter February 27, regarding the case.77 My letter was sent by pouch yesterday and reiterates Department’s position in the matter.
In discussing the case you should reiterate understanding already reached which has been fully covered in previous telegrams and instructions.
- (1)
- Publication of the notes shall immediately follow the exchange. It is the opinion of the Department that this exchange should occur in London, but that publication should be simultaneous in London and in Washington.
- (2)
- That at the time of publication the Department will also announce that the British Government has agreed that Slater and Brooks may be assigned to posts within the British Empire and will shortly be sent to such posts.
- (3)
- That the British Government agrees to issue the necessary exequatur and recognition to Slater and Brooks when they are sent to Fort William and Port Arthur and to Belfast, respectively.
I have today had a conversation with the British Ambassador on this subject and have read to him the text of this instruction.
- Neither printed.↩