740.00119 FEAC/12–2945

The Acting Secretary of State to the Philippine Resident Commissioner (Romulo)

My Dear General Romulo: Acting on behalf of the Governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and China, I have the honor to extend to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines, through you, an invitation to participate in the establishment and functioning of a Far Eastern Commission to take the place of the Far Eastern Advisory Commission of which the Commonwealth Government is now a member.

The terms of reference for the Far Eastern Commission are as follows:

[Here follows text as quoted in telegram 131, December 28, supra.]

Sincerely yours,

Dean Acheson