Office of the Historian

500.A15 a 1/223: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Armour) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, May 11, 1927—5 p.m.
[Received May 11—9:04 a.m.]

77. At an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, he emphasized to me that the new Government34 goes even further than late Government in desiring to see limitation of naval armament effected at Geneva. Referring to China he said that Japanese Government is against intervention of any kind except to protect nationals. He emphasized importance he places on cooperation between the powers in regard to China, notably United States, Great Britain, and Japan.

Armour
  1. The ministry of Reijiro Wakatsuki, in which Baron Kijuro Shidehara was Minister of Foreign Affairs, resigned in April 1927, and was replaced by a ministry under Baron Gi-ichi Tanaka who served both as Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs.↩