RELATING TO ERRONEOUS TRANSLATIONS. 153 



I now desire to give notice as agent of the United States that I do 

 hereby formally withdraw from the Case of the United States in their 

 entirety the original Russian documents hereinafter designated. These 

 documents are included in those referred to in the footnote to page 41 

 of the Case of the United States, of which translations are given in 

 Volume i of the Appendix to said Case, at pages 49 to 90, and facsimiles 

 in the same Volume following page 593. 



I inclose herewith revised translations of those of the Russian docu- 

 ments hereinbefore referred to which are retained in the Case of the 

 United States, and beg to direct attention to the following pages of 

 this Case, on which there appear falsified translations of portions of 

 these documents: 



On page 61, of document No. 14. 



On pages 54, 55, of document No. 14, inclosure. 



On pages 62, 66, of document No. 16. 



On page 67, of document No. 17. 



On page 67, of document No. 20. 



I have to advise you that 1 will send without delay to each member 

 of the Tribunal of Arbitration duplicate copies of my note to you of 

 the 2d instant and of the present note, and further that a proper 

 correction of the errors inserted in the Case of the United States will 

 be made in the Counter Case and the correspondence relating thereto 

 included in its Appendix. 



I have the honor, with this opportunity, to renew to you the assur- 

 ances of my highest consideration. 



John W. Foster, 

 Agent of the United States. 



[Inclosure No. 1.1 



Washington, November 11, 1S02.. 

 Hon. JonN W. Foster, 



Department of State: 

 Sir: You employed me during the past summer to examine the 

 Alaskan records or archives on file in the State Department, with a 

 view to ascertaining whether they contained information which would 

 be of use in the Bering Sea Arbitration. Upon my recommendation 

 you ordered that certain of these records be translated. I hereby ac- 



