Japanese Proposal - 2 August 1927
1. The British Empire and Japan to undertake that before the 31st December,1931, they shall not lay down, except for replacement, any more auxiliary vessels besides those included in their authorised programmes, it being understood that the said programmes shall not be altered except in so far as is provided for in the next following article.
2. The number of cruisers of the 10,000-ton class shall not exceed twelve each for the United States and the British Empire and eight for Japan.
The British Empire shall be at liberty to utilise in such a way as she may see fit the remaining cruiser tonnage in her authorised programmes.
The maximum unit tonnage of cruisers of smaller class shall be 8,000.
3. The United States to undertake that at no period before the 31st December, 1931, her auxiliary naval strength shall exceed that of the British Empire.
4. The contracting parties to undertake that they shall furnish to one another information concerning such building plans and programmes as may be decided upon before the 31st December, 1931: Provided that in the event that any of the contracting parties shall consider that readjustment of the present agreement is required as a consequence of any plans or programmes adopted by any of the other contracting parties a conference shall be called with a view to secure such readjustment.
5. Questions regarding auxiliary vessels not provided for in the present convention shall be settled in a later conference to be held as soon as possible and not later than the beginning of 1931.
Source: W 8063/61/93, Bridgeman to Chamberlain, 6 August 1927, TNA: FO 411/6
