File No. 841.731/1185
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
2614. Following from Consul General, Hongkong:
Government here under instruction London refuses permit transmission message in our naval cipher from commanding officer Callao to admiral at Manila. Owing to extremely delicate political situation China, highly important American naval officers here or in China via Hongkong be able use cipher now. Suggest immediate urgent representations London.
Please bring this most urgently to the attention of the Foreign Office, referring to its note to you of October 4, 1915, which stated that instructions had been issued to British cable censors between Hongkong and United Kingdom, as well as in the United Kingdom, to pass United States Navy cipher messages, and ask that immediate steps be taken to the end that the instructions referred to shall be complied with.
Cable result of your representations.