793.94/1938
Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Castle) of a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi), September 24, 1931
The Japanese Ambassador called to say that he had had a talk with the Secretary about the Manchurian situation and wanted to have a really long talk with me about it the next day. He said that there was naturally a great deal of misunderstanding, which I admitted, but we did not go into any full discussion of the matter. He said that, although it was true that the military authorities in Mukden had appointed a Japanese as mayor, the Japanese Government had promptly disavowed this action. He said also that Japanese troops had gone to Kirin, but that they had immediately been withdrawn.