File No. 6351/2.

Memorandum from the French Embassy.

The intended understanding between France and Japan is not yet signed. The object is the territorial statu quo in the extreme East, the equality of treatment of all powers, and the integrity of China. While protecting our interests in Indo-China, nothing but clauses favorable to general peace and the interests of all powers in eastern Asia will be contained in it. Far from having any cause of anxiety in this respect, the United States, to whom we are bound by a tried and faithful friendship, can only approve of it. You can speak in this sense to President Roosevelt.