894.628/151: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
67. Embassy’s No. 82, March 31, 5 p.m., and previous. A wireless despatch dated Tokyo, May 29, to the New York Times states “A Japanese trawler with experts aboard will be sent to Alaska to investigate the prospects of open sea fishing enterprises there. Hitherto the government has refused permission to operate in Alaskan waters because of American fishing interests … It is now considered feasible to extend the Japanese fisheries to Alaska …”91
The Department would appreciate receipt at your early convenience of your comment and of available information with regard to the project referred to in above-mentioned press despatch.
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