Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 793.94/228.

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American Embassy,
Tokyo, February 6, 1915—5 p.m.

Today at luncheon at his house Count Okuma stated to me that Japan’s interest in China was to preserve peace and China’s territorial integrity and that it was Japan’s intention to adhere to the policy of the open door and equal opportunity.

Guthrie.