Noze Osmi No Kami to Willie P. Mangum, June 12, 1866

[Translation.]

I have the honor to suggest to you that as Moori Dizen, the Prince of Nagato, has failed in obeying the order of our government, so there will be a war to try his crime as soon as our troops are ready. For tie above reason it is certain that our Gorogios at Yedo will discuss with the representatives of the treaty powers so as to prevent the foreign vessels from anchoring in the ports of those provinces, viz., Nagato and Suwo, and from passing through the straits of Simonoseki. Accordingly I have received the despatch from a member of the Gorogio at Kokura, ordering that, as Nagasaki is so distant from Yedo, while the notification is not yet circulated to all the foreigners, most probably, on the other hand, the war will have been declared at that place, it is necessary to request you will please give the notice to all the subjects to abstain from anchoring at those ports and passing through those straits until further suggestions shall be made by me.

With compliments.