File No. 861.00/829
The Ambassador in Japan ( Morris ) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 17, 6.20 a.m.]
Russian Ambassador called to-day to express his suspicion that the persistent press reports of Japanese intervention in Vladivostok may be semiofficial feelers. He asked me to report to the Department his belief that action of that character by Japan would provoke feeling of resentment in Russia and thus antagonize Russian people without in any way serving the cause of the Allies. He expressed the hope that American Government would not give Japanese Government the impression that such action would be approved.