Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part II

The Acting Secretary of State to the Japanese Chargé .

Department of State,
Washington , February 8, 1906 .

No. 259.]

Sir: In answer to your note No. 10, of the 3d instant, I have the honor to inform you that on the 6th instant the American ambassador at St. Petersburg was instructed by cable to request the Russian Government to grant temporary recognition to Mr. Motono, appointed Japanese minister to Russia, pending the presentation of his letters of credence.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.