711.428/1261
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Canada ( Phillips )
Sir: Referring to a despatch from your legation No. 906 of March 19, 1929, regarding seine fishing in the Missisquoi Bay section of Lake Champlain and the appointment in the near future of a joint fact-finding commission to investigate this fishery and make recommendations regarding its solution, it is noted that further instructions are requested in the light of the request made by the Under Secretary of State for External Affairs that a conference be held between representatives of the two Governments looking to a satisfactory solution of outstanding fishery questions between the two countries.
It is the view of the Department, as expressed in previous instructions, that progress can best be made in the practical solution of pending fisheries questions between the United States and Canada by taking up each case separately upon its individual merits. You will, therefore, please communicate with the Secretary of State for External Affairs, basing your representations upon the Department’s instructions Nos. 255 [225] of May 9, 1928, and 476 of March 13, 1929. Please transmit to the Department the reply of the Secretary of State for External Affairs as soon as you receive it.
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