390.1115/64a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
458. The Department desires that the additional facilities for transportation to the United States provided by the S. S. Mariposa on the vessel’s forthcoming calls at Shanghai, Chinwangtao, Jinsen and possibly Kobe, be brought to the attention of Americans, especially women and children and men who are not detained by essential reasons, and that it be suggested urgently to them that they take advantage of transportation facilities while such facilities are available, since it cannot, of course, be guaranteed that such facilities will again be made available. It should also again be pointed out that the Government has undertaken substantial financial commitments in order to provide additional vessels to enable Americans to return and that the fares charged on those vessels, including the Mariposa, are only the regular fares charged for comparable accommodations in the transpacific passenger trade, with even lower rates for emergency accommodations on board.
Peiping inform all offices in China.
Tokyo inform all offices in Japanese territory.
Sent to Tokyo via Shanghai. Repeated to Chungking, Peiping, Hong Kong and Manila.