Here, without comment, is a very interesting document, the Fourth Annual Report of the Commission on International Rules of Judicial Procedure, from the 1960s. I wanted to read it because I’ve got a case where I’m rebutting an argument that an obscure Massachusetts statute that mirrors § 1782 applies only to discovery in aid of sister-state litigation but not foreign litigation. The argument is wrong on its face, but I wanted to refer to the legislative history for confirmation. But it turns out that this report is hard to find. So I am posting it here as a public service in case anyone else is hunting for it.

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