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The Secretary of State to the Chargé d’Affaires in China ( MacMurray )

Department of State,
Washington , August 19, 1914, 6 p.m.

[Telegram]

Your telegram of August 19, 5 p.m. The American Government has not said that it regards the Japanese promise to restore Kiaochow to China as satisfactory, but in accordance with its attitude of strict neutrality the American Government has refrained from expressing any opinion upon the merits of the question. Communications to and from the Department relating to this matter are being repeated to you. You will be kept informed.

Bryan