The Acting Secretary of State to the Russian Ambassador.
Washington, July 29, 1905.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 26th instant, requesting, by direction of your government, that permission might be granted to Sublieutenant Bertenson, of the Russian cruiser Aurora, interned at Manila, to return to Russia under his parole not to take part in the present war.
Having been assured by the Japanese legation at Washington that the Japanese Government has no objection to the desired permission being granted, I have to-day requested the Secretary of the Navy to take the necessary steps to that end, upon submission of the application by Admiral Enquist to the naval authorities at Manila.
Accept, etc.,