793.94/1939
Memorandum by Mr. Ransford S. Miller of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs
Mr. Kato, of the Japanese Embassy, called with a copy of the Japanese text of a telegram from the Japanese Foreign Office which Mr. Kato said was the first full account of the Manchurian situation that the Embassy had received.
Mr. Kato gave a running translation, in English, of the Japanese text, the contents of which appeared to be identical with the text of the letter addressed by the Japanese representative on the Council to the Secretary General of the League of Nations, as reported in Mr. Gilbert’s telegram No. 133, of September 23, 8 p.m.
Mr. Kato intimated that he felt that the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs was having a very hard time in a very difficult situation and that the sympathies of the Embassy here were with Baron Shidehara in the circumstances in which he found himself placed.
Mr. Kato added that Ambassador Debuchi would delay his intended departure for Japan for a couple of weeks.