741.942/23: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Kellogg) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:22 p.m.]
250. Your 203 July 11, 5 p.m. Foreign Office informs me that it is quite true that discussion is now proceeding with a view to negotiating a new commercial treaty between Great Britain and Japan [Page 415] but state[s] the suggestions that Kwantung Leased Territory and the South Manchuria Railway Zone are to be assimilated for the purposes of the treaty to Japanese territory, come entirely from the side of the Japanese Government and have not been agreed to by the Foreign Office. In fact the Foreign Office wholly agrees with the Department’s attitude as contained in the telegram under reference and would be grateful if you would authorize me to give it an informal memorandum of your views …