File No. 861.00/3032
The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Barclay)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires of Great Britain and begs to acknowledge the receipt of memorandum No. 1165, dated October 23, in which the suggestion is made that the United States undertake the guarding of prisoners of war who could become concentrated for that purpose in Manchuria. This question has already been the subject of correspondence with General Graves and it would appear that an arrangement has already been reached by which prisoners of war found in prisons and held by the Allies or captured by the Allies during their joint operations, will be cared for at the expense of the Allies and under the control of Japan and the United States. This arrangement applies to the Maritime and Amur Provinces.