861.77/2288: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Warren) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 24—6:15 a.m.]
355. Your 178, October 6, 8 p.m. Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that before expressing views on matter Japanese Government wishes to be informed whether [apparent omission] is to appoint Johnson president of Technical Board in place of Stevens or whether he is to be Stevens’ personal representative during the latter’s absence.
From my conversations with Stevens before he sailed I understood that Johnson would serve as Stevens’ personal representative during the latter’s absence in the United States and I am informing Foreign Office to that effect.