894.48B/485: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Japan (Caffery)
112. In sending for transmission through you to the appropriate Japanese authorities the message quoted below, American National Red Cross suggests that it might not be opportune to make this communication at the present moment. If in your judgment that is the case, you may withhold the message, so advising the Department.
“The American Red Cross on July 1, 1924, had an unexpended balance in its Japanese earthquake relief fund amounting to $464, 992.64. This balance is wholly at the disposition of the Japanese authorities, and the Red Cross is awaiting instructions indicating their wishes.”