Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Reinsch)

[Telegram]

Washington, November 16, 1918, 6 p.m.

Your telegram October 26, 5 p.m. The Department has to-day sent to the Japanese Embassy the following memorandum in response to the memorandum handed to the Secretary of State on October 25, copy of which was sent you from the Embassy at Tokyo:¹

[Here follows text of the memorandum.²]

You will be guided accordingly and give appropriate instructions to the Consul General at Canton. The full text of any agreement that may be reached should be submitted to the Department before final action is taken.

Repeat to Tokyo for information.

Lansing

1. Ante, p. 114.
2. See the preceding document.