Office of the Historian

500.A15/1075: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Forbes) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Tokyo, October 22, 1930—2 p.m.
[Received October 22—5:24 a.m.]

197. The Government yesterday instructed the Japanese Ambassadors in Italy and France to address inquiries to the Governments to which they are respectively accredited, and to express verbally the views which you outlined to Debuchi. I understand that the text of Government’s instructions has been repeated to Debuchi for your information.52

Forbes
  1. On October 30, the Japanese Ambassador reported to the Department the steps which his Government had taken; memorandum of conversation not printed (500 A15a3/1219).↩