861b.6363/106
The Secretary of State to the Vice President of the Sinclair Exploration Company (A. C. Veatch)
Sir: The Department acknowledges the receipt of your letter of December 10, 1924, in further reference to the exploration and development of oil resources in Northern (Russian) Sakhalin.
The Department has given careful consideration to the suggestions contained in the letter under acknowledgment, and it again desires to recall to you that in a letter dated March 17, 1923,12 and reiterated in its letter of November 7, 1924, the Department expressed its regret that it did not feel in a position to present the matter to which you refer to the Japanese Government in view of the circumstances surrounding the case. I may add that the considerations which have heretofore been pointed out still hold good and the Department again expresses its regret that the circumstances would not seem to warrant it in making the representations to the Japanese Government which you suggest.
I am [etc.]