I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office
               enclosing one from 
Rear Admiral Prevost in which he requests that
               answers may be obtained to the accompanying questions having reference
               to the 
San Juan case, which he is engaged in drawing up on behalf of Her
               Majesty's Government.
               
               I request that you will communicate with 
Sir J. Douglas as
               suggested by 
Admiral Prevost without delay and I have to call your
               attention to the suggestion that such information as can be obtained
               should be duly sworn to and legally drawn and in shape that it may be
               laid before the Arbitrator.
               
               The enquiries should be made as far as possible confidentially.