Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Japan, 1931–1941, Volume I

500.A15A5/333: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the American Delegation (Davis)

[Extract—Paraphrase]

Washington, December 15, 1934—6 p.m.

55. Reference is made to your telegram of December 15, 8 a.m., No. 74.¹¹ We are prepared, subject to an advance agreement regarding a satisfactory communiqué, to accede to the British idea of bringing the present conversations to an end through a tripartite meeting on December 19 or 20. That time will be close enough to the Japanese denunciation to render the connection between the two events clear in the mind of the public without the necessity of its being stressed openly. Our meeting the British on this basis should render it easier for them to meet us in our preoccupations concerning the communiqué’s contents.

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Hull

11. Not printed.