701.9411/1103a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
50. We have informed the Japanese Ambassador today of a wish on the part of this Government to transport the remains of the late Ambassador Saito to Japan on a United States cruiser. Please inform the Minister for Foreign Affairs as soon as possible of this offer. If this method of transportation is found acceptable to the Japanese Government and the family in principle, details will be worked out here between the Department and the Japanese Embassy on the basis of precedents now under examination.
The President today made announcement to the press that the Navy Department has been directed to make a cruiser available for this purpose.