File No. 763.72/7420
The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador on Special Mission ( Ishii )
Excellency: I have the honor to advise that the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy has informed me that an arrangement has been entered into between the Chief of Naval Operations, of the Department of the Navy, and Vice Admiral Takeshita, of the Imperial Japanese Mission, which contemplates the withdrawal of the U.S.S. Saratoga from the waters around the Hawaiian Islands and the substitution therefor of a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy of equal fighting value and speed.
I now have the honor to request that you will bring the matter to the attention of your Government and will ask that such a ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy be detailed for the purpose indicated.
Accept [etc.]