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The Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) to the Secretary of State52

Washington, July 4, 1941.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I am glad to inform you that I am now authorized by the Foreign Minister to assure you that there is no divergence of views in the Government regarding its fundamental policy of adjusting Japanese-American relations on a fair basis.

Yours very sincerely,

K. Nomura
  1. Notation on original: “This letter was handed to Mr. Ballantine by the Japanese Ambassador on July 4, 1941 with the request that its contents be telephoned to the Secretary as soon as possible. The contents of the letter were telephoned to the Secretary on July 5 by Mr. Renchard.”↩