Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Telegram received from the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs on the 27th of November, left at the Department of State by the Japanese Minister.

[undated]

In reference to your telegram on the 25th instant, you are hereby instructed to express to the Secretary of State the cordial appreciation of the Imperial Government of the friendly disposition again shown by the United States Government by favorably entertaining the desire of the Imperial Government and promptly taking the initiative action to withdraw the United States legation in Korea.