File No. 763.72/5377
The Chargé in Japan ( Wheeler) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 19, 9.25 a.m.]
Your telegram of June 14, 5 p.m.1 The Japanese extraordinary commission to the United States consists of Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, with the following suite: Vice Admiral Isamu Takeshita of the Imperial Navy; Maj. Gen. Hisaichi Sugano of the Imperial Army; Mr. Matsuzo Nagai, secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs; Commander Masa Takaando of the Imperial Navy; Maj. Seiji Tanikawa of the Imperial Army; Vice Consul Tadanao Imai. The above names are given in order of rank and precedence. The last named is now [Page 104] stationed at Honolulu and will join the party at San Francisco. Mr. Tashiro Owaku without rank is attached to the mission as chancellor. In accordance with a suggestion from the Japanese Ambassador at Washington that a later arrival would likely be better to conform with the President’s engagements it has been decided to postpone departure until about the middle of July.1