500.A15/279: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:05 p.m.]
52. The following is a statement issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in regard to Associated Press report sent from Geneva:
“Japan is determined to cooperate with the powers to the best of her ability for the realization of the disarmament question. Consequently she earnestly hopes for the success of the work of the Preliminary Disarmament Conference at Geneva and entertains no proposal with respect to any similar undertaking other than the present Conference.
In these circumstances we need scarcely say that the rumor emanating from Geneva at this time, to the effect that Japan has some new proposal, does not in any way reflect the true intention of the Japanese Government.”