Quickly grasping this meeting's purpose, Witte sat in a chair saying:
"...Well I've long thought the Philippines was a new state name of the United States."
"Hahaha! Korea? I'll have to start by learning how to write this place name in Russian!"
Amid ongoing peace negotiations between Japan and Russia. Back-channel talks between America and Russia also began.
The beginning of the Witte-Taft Secret Agreement.
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In September, with the Treaty of Portsmouth announced to the world, the Russo-Japanese War completely ended.
When given a glimmer of hope, 'possibility of survival,' they willingly accepted even poisonous clauses while actively engaging in negotiations.
The point of not being completely excluded from the continent.
And the point that Russia didn't oppress or take revenge on Japan but left minimal partnership possibility was important.
