711.417/1093: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
Washington, November 8, 1940—4
p.m.
457. Reference your 1051, October 25, 11 a.m., and previous.
- 1.
- Please inform the Foreign Office that the contents of the Japanese Government’s communications with regard to abrogation of the Fur Seal Convention of 1911 are being given careful study by the appropriate authorities of this Government and that we will expect to transmit at an early date the general views of the Government with reference to the Japanese proposals for a new agreement.
- 2.
- It is assumed that the Japanese Government has, in accordance with Article XVI of the Convention, given notice to all other parties to the Convention. Please confirm and inform the Department.
- 3.
- It is suggested that, if you perceive no objection, you indicate to the Foreign Office that it would be helpful, in connection with the study which is being made here of the Japanese proposals with respect to a possible new agreement, if the appropriate Japanese authorities could make available to this Government any information in their possession with regard to the migratory habits of fur seal herds of the North Pacific and the damage these herds have inflicted upon commercial fisheries of interest to Japan. This information would have especial value if fairly specific indication were to be given relative to the ocean areas where observations of fur heal herds and their feeding habits have been made.
Hull