811.2300/66: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Woods)
37. Your 46, March 6, 6 p.m. Navy Department authorizing Commander of Asiatic Squadron to place destroyer if desired at disposal of Lieutenant Nutt to transport him to Kurile Islands. Please request Japanese authorities to grant permission to Nutt to proceed on Japanese destroyer. At the same time state that if such an alternative course would be more acceptable to the Japanese Government, arrangements could be made to have him proceed along route aboard an American naval vessel, with the approval of the Japanese Government, in order to arrange for details regarding fueling, landings, et cetera. War Department advises that in order to insure carrying out of technical arrangements, it is essential that these details be handled by American officer familiar with flight. In approaching [Page 245] Japanese authorities in the above sense, refer to last sentence of Department’s 33, March 3, 6 p.m.