031.11 American Museum of Natural History (4th Asiatic)/46

Memorandum by the Secretary of State

The Chinese Minister gave me an account of the negotiations which had taken place during my absence in regard to the Andrews Expedition. This included the fact that the collections for 1928 had been released by the Chinese Government and that a demand for a Chinese expert to go as a co-director with Andrews had been made by the Chinese society, but not by the Chinese Government. He did not anticipate that there would be any trouble on that score.