793.94 Commission/415
Press Release Issued by the Department of State on October 2, 1932
Data on the Report of the Commission of Enquiry
A package purporting to contain a Copy of Report was received in Washington, Department of State, Thursday, September 27th, under seal; to be taken possession of by the Secretary of State at 1 p.m., Saturday, October 1; to be made available for the purposes of examination and publication at an hour corresponding to 1 p.m., Geneva time, Sunday, October 2 (which time was 7 a.m., Washington time, Sunday, October 2), at which time the seals were broken and documents examined in the Far Eastern Division, Department of State, in the presence of: [Page 286]
- Mr. Charles S. Smith, Associated Press;
- Mr. Carroll H. Kenworthy, United Press;
- Mr. Jerome D. Greene, Chairman of the Institute of Pacific Relations;
- Mr. Stanley K. Hornbeck, Chief, Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State;
- Mr. Joseph E. Jacobs, Foreign Service Officer, assigned to the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State;
- Mr. M. J. McDermott, Chief, Division of Current Information, Department of State;
- Consul Walter A. Foote, Assistant Chief, Division of Current Information, Department of State.
The package was found to contain two copies of the Text of the Report and two copies of a set of maps.
The Report contains an Introduction and ten Chapters.
The Introduction deals with the origin, the composition, and the mission of the Commission.
Chapter IX is entitled “Principles and Conditions of Settlement” and Chapter X, “Considerations and Suggestions to the Council.”