711.94/918a: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)54
Washington, March 21, 1934—5
p.m.
- 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
- 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.↩