My telegram No. 112. [1]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs on day of publication took steps
to inform both the British and United States Ambassadors [2] that
he had been misquoted and that his answer had been to the effect
that Japan claimed a right to the settlement of her nationals in
these islands as she did in any other part of the world, and that
he had defined, as quoted, area in which it would be particularly
reasonable that Japanese should be given facilities for settlement
in order to exclude Australia and New Zealand. He had said nothing
suggestive of the idea that white races should hand over these
territories to Asiatics but only that they should practise a more
liberal policy towards Japanese immigration which was a vital
matter for Japan.

As Minister for Foreign Affairs has given above explanation I do
not propose to take up matter myself but will advise Japanese
Foreign Office that I would have taken it up had it not been
explained so promptly.

LATHAM