861.77/689: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Davis ) to the Acting Secretary of State
1107. Your 4454 [4496] February 10th, 4 p.m. and my 911, February 13, 6 p.m.57 Note from Foreign Office dated 22nd just received after stating that it is understood from their Japanese Chargé d’Affaires that the reservation as to the financial responsibility involved has been accepted by the Japanese Government, continues.
“In conveying to Your Excellency the concurrence of His Majesty’s Government I should like to take this opportunity of expressing the great satisfaction with which I have received the information of the conclusion of the negotiations. I should be glad if Your Excellency would inform the United States Government accordingly, stating at the same time that they can rely on His Majesty’s Government doing all in their power to assist in facilitating the application of the scheme with a view to remedying the dangerous situation which has arisen as a result of the disorganization of the railway services.
I presume that the necessary instructions will now be despatched to the United States representatives at Vladivostok to arrange for an early meeting of the boards to be set up under the scheme, and I venture to draw the attention of Your Excellency to the fact that one of the most urgent problems to be discussed is that of the finance of the railway. From a recent telegram from His Majesty’s Chargé [Page 255] d’Affaires at Washington, I understand that the United States Government concur in the opinion of His Majesty’s Government that this issue comes properly within the competence of the Boards and should be considered by them at the earliest moment with a view to the necessary recommendations being made to the Allied Governments for dealing with it.”