FA史の本にも日本へのカップ寄贈の記録が
さる方のご好意により、『The history of the Football Association』(London : for the Football Association by The Naldrett Press, [1953])p.488のコピーをいただきました。以下の記述があります。
“1919 - Communications from the Foreign Office were considered by the F.A. Emergency Committee. The Committee authorized the purchase of a Silver Cup and invited its acceptance through His Britannic Majesty's Embassy in Japan, as a perpetual Challenge Cup for Competition in that country.”
『The Times』1919年1月3日付け記事「FOOTBALL CUP FOR JAPAN」に、
“The request that the cup should be given by the
Football Association came through the British
Foreign Office, and it was complied with immediately.”
とあったのと同様、FAに対するカップ寄贈依頼は英国外務省を通してであったことを確証する記録といえます。