File No. 893.51/1925
The Japanese Ambassador ( Ishii) to the Secretary of State
Washington,
July 17, 1918.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note under date of the 10th instant concerning the matter of making a loan to China, together with copies of letters passed between the Department of State and certain bankers in New York and Chicago relative to this matter.
In reply thereto, I beg to state that your kind information contained in the note under acknowledgment has been duly noted by me and has been transmitted to the Imperial Government by the first mail.
Accept [etc.]
K. Ishii