893.51/2548: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 19, 11.05 a.m.]
Owing to the illness of the Minister of Foreign Affairs I communicated the contents of your November 11, 5 p.m. to the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. He told me that in principle the Japanese Government approved of the British suggestion of a temporary four power loan but thought some of the conditions imposed were impracticable. He said he would send me a copy of the memorandum to the British Minister here which fully explained the attitude of the Japanese Government.
2. Assume the Department has been informed through British sources of the contents of this memorandum and will therefore not telegraph it unless instructed.
Referring to the proposed plan of the consortium, the Vice Minister expressed his opinion that the difference between our Governments did not appear to him to be fundamental and he expressed the hope that he might have an opportunity shortly to discuss the subject with me in a purely personal way.