793.003/337: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
137. Your Nos. 226, March 28, 9 a.m., and 245, April 3, 3 p.m.
1. The Department gives below a draft which includes certain suggested amendments to and deletions from the draft prepared by yourself and Lampson. You are authorized in your discretion to discuss this with the British Minister after which the Department invites your full comments and suggestions either for or against the suggested changes as well as any further comment that you may care to make in amplification of your telegrams mentioned above.
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3. The Department is giving to the British Embassy two copies of the present draft, with request that one copy be transmitted to London and comments of the Foreign Office be sought, and with the express reservation that the Department is in no way committed to this text or by this action. Department requests that your comments be submitted at your earliest possible convenience.
[Here follows text of revised draft, printed on page 426.]