File No. 861.00/3177

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan ( Morris )

[Telegram]

Your November 7, 4 p.m.,1 and subsequent telegrams much appreciated. Inform Stevens Department has not modified in any way its original proposal that effective operation of the railways can best be obtained by undivided control exercised by himself with assistance of Russian Railway Service Corps.

The Department is unaware of any instructions to Japanese Ambassador here indicating negotiations have been centered in him. For your information Department is taking up matter with British Government through London Embassy and has also brought it to the attention of Colonel House who is now in Paris.

Lansing