711.94/918a: Circular telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)54

1.
Texts of the exchange of informal letters between Minister for Foreign Affairs Hirota and the Secretary of State were released to the press today.
2.
No negotiations of any sort have been in process or are being conducted between the two Governments.
3.
You may so inform any inquirers.
Hull
  1. Telegraphed also on the same day to Peiping with instructions to repeat to Shanghai and Nanking; and to London with instructions to repeat to Paris, Geneva, Berlin, and Rome.