File No. 893.00/1234.
The Ambassador of Great Britain to the Acting Secretary of State.
Washington, April 2, 1912.
Dear Mr. Wilson: I wrote to you on the 21st,1 telling you that His Majesty’s Government had received from the Russian Ambassador a communication similar to that sent to your Department regarding the reserves which his Government made in agreeing to the Japanese proposals regarding the recognition of the new Chinese Government.
I informed you that Sir Edward Grey, in reply to that communication, had not then made a reference to those reserves. I am now, however, told that he has now informed the Russian Ambassador that His Majesty’s Government recognize the right of Russia to take such action as may be necessary to safeguard her special rights and interests in northern Manchuria, Mongolia, and the Chinese west, in so far as such special rights and interests arise out of treaties and agreements with China.
Very sincerely, yours,
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