894.48B/457
The Japanese Ambassador (Hanihara) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have just received from my Government three volumes containing a selection of nine hundred letters, written in English, by students of High Schools, Colleges and Universities in Japan, in order to express their heartfelt thanks for the prompt, generous and effective relief action taken by the American people at the time of the great earthquake in 1923. In accordance with the earnest request of a delegation representing these students, my Government instructed me to take such steps as may be permissible so that the volumes may be presented to the President of the United States of America.
I therefore take the liberty of forwarding these volumes to you, with the request that you will be, if agreeable, so good as to have them transmitted to the desired destination.
Accept [etc.]