Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 123G98/32

The Japanese Ambassador to the Secretary of State

Imperial Japanese Embassy,
Washington , March 10, 1917 .

Sir: In pursuance of telegraphic instructions from the Imperial Government I have the honor to express on their behalf the most sincere condolence and sympathy to the United States Government for the lamentable death of his excellency Ambassador George W. Guthrie at Tokyo.

Accept [etc.]

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