861.77/765: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Morris) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received March 27, 4:45 p.m.]
Your March 21, 7 p.m. I presume the question was submitted by Sir Charles Eliot to his Government when it first arose. It was settled before my departure from Vladivostok on the understanding that question within the scope of the authority of the Committees should be decided by majority vote although of course questions involving any doubt of the competency of any of the national representatives would have to be referred to the interested Governments for decision. The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs confirms my recollection of this understanding and states that he knows of no question having been subsequently raised in regard to it.