862i.01/55: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 6:35 p.m.]
18. Your 1199, December 4, 12 noon. Following note from Foreign Office received this morning dated January 5th:
“As Your Excellency is doubtless aware, all the “C” mandates granted under the Treaty of Versailles have now been formally approved by the Council of the League of Nations, and the mandate for the ex-German islands in the Pacific north of the Equator has been conferred upon Japan in accordance with the recorded and published decision of the Supreme Council of May 7th, 1919.
In these circumstances I can only assume that the question of the grant of cable rights on the Island of Yap will be brought by the United States Government, if they so desire, before the Cable Conference when it resumes its sittings, or that the matter will form the subject of direct negotiation between the United States and Japanese Governments.”