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Minister Takahira states the Japanese government will not release the names of its diplomats before the Russian government has released its names. Takahira stresses the importance of full decision making powers being granted to the Russian diplomats for the peace negotiations.
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1905-06-30
Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce relays President Roosevelt’s instructions to Ambassador Meyer for the upcoming negotiations between Russia and Japan. Peirce is glad that Japan will be sending important dignitaries to participate.
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1905-06-26
Ambassador Meyer updates Secretary of State Hay on the progress of selecting diplomats to represent Russia in the upcoming peace negotiations.
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1905-06-29
Ambassador Meyer recommends forwarding to the Russian government some of the names of the Japanese diplomats in order to convince the Russians to select and announce their diplomats for the peace negotiations.
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1905-06-29
Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer updates President Roosevelt on the difficulties he has encountered trying to obtain Russia’s commitment to peace negotiations with Japan.
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1905-06-18
Ambassador Meyer acknowledges Secretary of State Hay’s instructions regarding the approval of the Russian and Japanese diplomats in the upcoming peace negotiations.
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1905-06-29
President Roosevelt has announced the location of the peace negotiations as Washington, D.C., as Japan wished. Roosevelt also urged Russia to grant its diplomats full decision making powers.
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1905-06-15
President Roosevelt hopes Russia will appoint two diplomats with the power to negotiate terms of peace as Japan has done.
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1905-06-15
Hermann Speck von Sternburg discusses plans for the upcoming peace negotiations between Russia and Japan.
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1905-06-11
William Loeb transcribes several telegrams sent to President Roosevelt in his absence concerning the ongoing international diplomatic efforts to end the Russo-Japanese War. In response to Roosevelt’s suggestion, plenipotentiaries from both Japan and Russia will negotiate terms of peace. It is rumored that Russia will recommend Paris as the location for the meeting.
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1905-06-11
Ambassador Meyer writes to President Roosevelt how Meyer personally delivered Roosevelt’s proposition for a meeting between Japan and Russia to negotiate peace to Emperor Nicholas. Meyer outlines his efforts to convince the Emperor that negotiations were necessary, which the Emperor accepted.
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1905-06-09
Baron Takahira has received a telegram which details the Imperial Japanese Government’s position on peace negotiations now that their navy has beaten the Russian navy. The Imperial Japanese government thinks the peace negotiation should be limited to the belligerents and to friendly assistance of a neutral country. President Roosevelt is the choice of the Imperial Japanese Government and they will allow him to choose the place of negotiations, the procedures, and the attendance of any other powers. The Imperial Japanese Government will not approach the Russian government directly or indirectly to talk about peace.
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1905-05-31
President Roosevelt instructs Ambassador Meyer to inform Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs V. N. Lamzdorf that before receiving any word from Russia regarding holding negotiations at the Hague, he had received a cable from Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini stating that Washington, D.C., would be given preference if Paris was unavailable. After hearing from the Japanese delegation that Washington was acceptable, Roosevelt made the announcement to the public that negotiations were to be held there, and it is impossible to change this at this time. If Count Lamzdorf continues to protest, Roosevelt instructs Meyer to explain the situation directly to Emperor Nicholas II.
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1905-06-16
John Callan O’Laughlin passes on a memorandum to President Roosevelt that may assist in the meeting with Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira. In a recent conversation, Takahira asked if Roosevelt had considered an exchange of notes regarding the inclusion of the Pacific in the proposition, similar to the Franco-Japanese agreement. Japan would respect American territorial rights in Hawaii and the Philippines in exchange. O’Laughlin quotes notes delivered from previous Secretary of State John Hay to the Powers and lists the advantages of the assurances the United states would receive from Japan in exchange for the inclusion of the Pacific, as well as the potential objections.
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1907-10-25
Herbert H. D. Peirce explains his arrangements and plans for the upcoming peace conference between Japan and Russia.
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1905-07-27
Ambassador Meyer discusses the issues with Ambassador Lamzdorf’s communication between the Russian and Japanese diplomats.
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1905-07-11
Third Assistant Secretary of State Peirce informs President Roosevelt of the arrangements for the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. Peirce is concerned there is not a suitable ship to transport the dignitaries to Oyster Bay and he also wants to keep the diplomats out of the view of the journalists.
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1905-07-06
Secretary of State Hay wrote to President Roosevelt about the enclosed dispatch from Dr. Jeremiah Jenks. Hay wrote a summary impression of the situation with the Chinese for Roosevelt.
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1904-04-01