793.94/3677: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 28—10:40 a.m.]
47. Consulate’s 32, January 25, 10 p.m.,59 paragraph 3, and Consulate’s 46, January 29, 9 [11] a.m.60
The citation of Yoshizawa’s statement before the Japanese Parliament on January 21st, which Sato made in the public meeting of the Council on January 25th, was in the following terms:
“Japan has no territorial aims in Manchuria. She is supporting the principle of the open door and of equal chance. She is also supporting all the treaties relating to that territory. What Japan desires is merely the assurance of peace and order in Manchuria. She desires to make that region safe for the Chinese as well as for foreigners and to make it open to all with a view to its economic development.”