740.00115 P.W./10–1744
The Spanish Embassy to the Department of State
Ex. 123.15
The Spanish Embassy presents its compliments to the Department of State, and has the honor to inform it that by Memorandum received through the “Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores”14 in Madrid, the Imperial Japanese Government, according with the terms of the Nipo-American agreement is willing to send to Japanese nationals interned at Relocation Centers and Internment Camps in the United States the following articles for charitable assistance donated by the Japanese Red Cross:
- 1:
- Four cubic tons of books
- 2:
- Thirty-two cubic tons of tea
- 3:
- Five cubic tons of text books, especially for members of families interned in Crystal City (for this item, the International Red Cross apparently secured the agreement of the American Government)
The Imperial Japanese Government wishes to have those articles forwarded on a Japanese boat. This ship should arrive in October at Port Nakhodka (near Vladivostok); said steamer will also take charge of similar items sent by the American Government. The Japanese Government would also appreciate that the American Government urgently secure the Soviet Government’s consent on the matter under review. It also asserts that it will ask the International Red Cross Commission in the United States to distribute such articles [Page 1059] as soon as the American Government will express its willingness thereto.
The Spanish Embassy would greatly appreciate the State Department’s advice on the above matter.
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs.↩