Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume I

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The Ambassador in Japan (Bancroft) to the Secretary of State

[Extract]

Tokyo, March 6, 1925.
[Received March 24.]

Foreign Service Report
No. 15

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On February 24th, 1925, the Minister for Foreign Affairs informed the Ambassador, in Note No. 22, a copy of a translation of which is enclosed herewith,⁴ that on February 9th, 1925, the Japanese Government completed the work of scrapping their vessels of war as provided for in the Treaty for the limitation of Naval Armament signed at Washington in February. 1922. A list, similar to that issued by the Japanese Navy Department, giving the names of the vessels which were scrapped and the manner in which they were disposed of was enclosed in the Foreign Minister’s Note. A copy of this list is also enclosed herewith.⁴

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