Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/1135

The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Peking, February 23, 1918, 5 p.m.
[Received February 23, 10.34 a.m.]

Am confidentially informed that the Japanese Government has proposed to the Chinese Government cooperation between Japan and China in restoring order in Siberia. President Feng has expressed his approval of the principle and has so instructed Chinese Minister at Tokyo. In strict confidence China asks the advice of the American Government. The Japanese have not yet given to China any details as to the form which the action proposed shall take.

Reinsch