File No. 861.77/515
The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Barclay)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 1100, dated October 3, 1918, and take this early opportunity to express the gratification that the Government of the United States feels at learning that the Government of Great Britain will be pleased to fall in with any agreement which may ultimately be reached by Japan and the United States in regard to the effective operation of the Siberian Railway and its branches, including the Chinese Eastern Railway. I am communicating the views of your [Page 274] Government at once to the other Governments who have been addressed on this subject and would be glad if Mr. Balfour would be willing to notify the British Diplomatic Missions at Rome, Paris, Tokyo and Peking, of the tenor of the reply he has conveyed through you.
Accept [etc.]