Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 761.94/96

Ambassador Guthrie to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Embassy,
Tokyo , June 30, 1916, noon .

I am informed that the Privy Council yesterday approved Russo-Japanese convention and that Foreign Office states that announcement will be made simultaneously at Petrograd and Tokyo and that terms given by papers are incorrect.

Guthrie