893.102S/2320a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Shanghai (Butrick)
482. The Department understands that the Commander in Chief has suggested to the Navy Department that the present might be an opportune time for this Government to resume its discussions with the Japanese Government in regard to the question of the allocation to the American Marines of Sector B at Shanghai. The Department desires that you confer with the Commander in Chief and that you give the Department the benefit of your and his views in the matter, with statement of the reasoning upon which the views are based.