793.94/2711c: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes)
229. The War Department has conferred with the Department of State regarding the proposed visit to Manchuria of military attaches. The two concur in the view that Colonel McIlroy should accept if the attaches of two other leading powers also accept. Concerning instructions, it is the view of the Department that the Military Attaché should consider his mission as nonpolitical, should not discuss with Japanese any phase of political questions involved in the present situation, and upon returning to Tokyo should report to you and to the War Department his observations and views. McIlroy should be informed accordingly.