893.00/11232: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
347. Your 887, October 8, noon. Department concurs in views expressed in paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Department has discussed the matter with Navy Department, making suggestions interrogatively only and without referring to source. Department had already told Navy Department that we feel solution should be sought in conferences between the Minister and the Commander in Chief and not on the basis of definite instructions from either Department. Navy concurs. Please discuss possibilities with the Commander in Chief, with a view to achieving the objective of diminishing the number of encounters.