893.01 Manchuria/480
Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Castle)
[Washington,] September 1, 1932.
The Italian Ambassador read me a short telegram from the Italian Ambassador in Tokyo reporting on a conversation he had had with the Russian Ambassador in that capital; the Russian Ambassador told him that the Russian Government would find no difficulty in recognizing the independence of Manchukuo; he added to this that he hoped that, after both Japan and Russia had recognized Manchukuo, Japan would be willing to sign a non-aggression treaty with Russia.
W. R. Castle, Jr.