Hamilton Fish to De Long, June 18, 1870

Mr. Fish to Mr. De Long.

Sir: Referring to the instructions of the 18th of April, No. 16, in relation to the persecution of native Christians in Japan, I inclose, for your information, a copy of a dispatch which, on the 18th of April, was addressed to John Lothrop Motley, esq., and of his reply of the 2d instant, inclosing a copy of his correspondence with the Earl of Clarendon upon the subject.

From this correspondence it appears that the views of the London and Paris cabinets seem to correspond with those expressed in the Department’s No. 16, which renders it unnecessary for me to give further instructions than those contained in that communication.