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Ambassador O’Brien provides Acting Secretary of State Peirce with a translation of an article which appeared in the Danish newspaper, Politiken. The article suggests that the purchase of the Danish West Indies will come up in the next session of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-03
Ambassador O’Brien writes to Secretary of State Hay regarding the unratified treaty selling the Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-30
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1911-12-01
O'Brien, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1842-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1911-01-23
O'Brien, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1842-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1910-05-06
O'Brien, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1842-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Japanese Ambassador O’Brien has carried out Secretary of State’s Root’s instructions on the matter of Japanese immigration in the United States and Canada. Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Tadasu Hayashi will abide by the new policies Root has set out and will consider new policies that might be put forward.
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1907-11-27
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Tadasu Hayashi has asked Ambassador O’Brien to pass on a summary of Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira’s conversation with President Roosevelt on 25 October, 1907, to Secretary of State Root. Takahira advised Roosevelt that positive steps must be taken to counteract negative public opinion toward Japan, and expanded on several points to consider. It is the opinion of the Japanese government that an agreement allowing Japanese workers into the United States that is satisfactory to both parties is impossible under existing circumstances. Takahira also asks that the opinions he stated be kept in confidence, as he is not authorized to speak on these matters by the Japanese government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-03
Ambassador O’Brien informs Secretary of State Root that the early change to the British Ambassador in Washington has stirred much conversation in the British press and among its officials. An editorial in the London Telegraph stated that whomever succeeded H. Mortimer Durand would have to be “as popular and effective as” German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand. The Foreign Office thinks the new appointee should come from outside present diplomatic service members but O’Brien supposes it will be someone from within the current service and describes Sir Alan Johnstone’s qualifications. Johnstone was British Ambassador to Denmark.
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1906-11-27