File No. 861.00/951
The Japanese Chargé (Tanaka) to the Secretary of State
Washington, January 14,
1918.
[Received January 15.]
[Received January 15.]
Sir: Under instructions from Viscount Motono I have the honor to acquaint you for your strictly confidential information that the Imperial Government have recently decided upon the dispatch of two warships, Asahi and Iwami, to Vladivostok for the purpose of affording protection in case of emergency to the resident Japanese [Page 28] and Allied subjects and citizens and that the Iwami was to have arrived there on the 13th instant.
Accept [etc.]
T.
Tanaka