File No. 862.85/190
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan ( Morris)
[Telegram]
Washington,
November 19, 1917, 4 p.m.
Department’s October 13, 3 p.m.1 and October 20, 2 p.m.2 You are instructed to cooperate with the British Ambassador in endeavor to obtain a prompt reply to the proposal that Japan agree to the re-allocation of the ships in China and the distribution of ships in Siam on condition that the Chinese ships now assigned to Japan, namely, the Albenga, Bohemia, Sexta and Triumpf, be used by Japan without restrictions.
Polk