894.48B/237
The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Hanihara)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of October 30, 1923, conveying the thanks of the Japanese Government and people for the services rendered by Admiral Anderson and the Naval forces under his command and by Brigadier General McCoy and the relief corps under his direction, in connection with aid rendered by them to sufferers from the recent earthquake and fire in Japan.
I need hardly assure Your Excellency that the authorities under whom Admiral Anderson and General McCoy are serving will be gratified to know that the humane mission upon which the two officers and their colleagues were engaged was administered so satisfactorily to the Japanese Government. For my own part, I fully share in this gratification, and venture the opinion that the spirit in which the Japanese Government and people received the proffered assistance, and their hearty cooperation in the American efforts, contributed largely to whatever success attended the work of the American officials concerned.
I have taken pleasure in furnishing copies of your Excellency’s note under acknowledgment to the appropriate authorities of this Government as well as to the American Red Cross.
Accept [etc.]