793.94/402a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Japan (Wheeler)
I am sending you a personal telegram to be delivered to Count Okuma, and for your information am repeating to you a telegram which we are sending to Great Britain, France and Russia. You will be governed by the purpose expressed in the telegram to Count Okuma and insofar as opportunity offers will urge patience and a continuance of the negotiations. It is of the highest importance that the friendly relations existing between Japan and China should not be interrupted.
The following is telegram sent to English, French and Russian governments.
[Here follows the text of the telegram to the Ambassadors in Great Britain, France, and Russia printed supra.]