793.00/153
The British Chargé (Chilton) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 27.]
Sir: I have the honour to refer to your note of the 22nd instant on Chinese affairs and to convey to you an expression of the gratification felt by His Majesty’s Government at the agreement reached between the Governments of the United States and Japan in regard to the proposed reply to the Chinese note. While in the opinion of my Government the American draft embodying the British and Japanese modifications is not wholly suitable for an identic note, His Majesty’s Representative at Peking has been instructed to confer with his American Colleague with a view to reaching a definite agreement.
I have [etc.]