01/21/1917
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"The Government of the United States is most appreciative of the friendly spirit which has animated the Government of Japan in this undertaking."
"This Government will likewise make know to them the substance of the present communication."
"The Government of the United States believes that for it to continue to participate in guarding the districts now under Allied military protection is also, under present conditions, impracticable."
"The Government of the United States does not in the least relinquish the deep interest which it feels in the political and economic fate of the people of Siberia."