I have received your letter of October [1] stating your view that
the Far Eastern Commission should have its headquarters in
Washington. I am glad to have your thoughts in this matter.

There was criticism by some officials of several of the Allied
Governments participating in the establishment of the Commission
that the United States Government was seeking to have the
Commission confine its work to Washington. The United States
Government had no such intention. Therefore, the United States
Government will instruct its representative to vote that the
Commission meet in Tokyo whenever the other members of the
Commission express a desire to do so. Of course, it is for the
Commission to decide when and where it will meet.

JAMES F. BYRNES