SHISHIDO submitted a memorandum to the Foreign Office in Qing written by Munenori TERASHIMA and Kaoru INOUE, the foreign minister, which stipulated the legal basis of Japan's territorial right to Ryukyu.
宍戸は琉球に対する日本の領有権の法的根拠を明記した寺島宗則・井上馨外務卿の覚書を清国総理各国事務衙門へ提出。