File No. 893.51/805.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Ambassador to France.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

The Embassy at Tokyo sends the following telegram [see supra, telegram March 18.]

You will consult the Foreign Office as to the nature of its intended replies to the Russian and Japanese Governments and as to its understanding of the next step to be taken. Repeat the foregoing to the embassies at Berlin and London for similar action.

Huntington Wilson.