893.01 Manchuria/471: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 16—4:20 a.m.]
235. The Embassy has received a very long undated telegram from the “Foreign Minister of Manchukuo” containing his statement issued on the signing of the Japan-Manchukuo protocol.58 The statement eulogizes the achievements and aspirations of Manchukuo and states that independence is an indisputable realization and that “no amicable adjustment of international relations possible when this fact completely disregarded”. It praises the Japan-Manchukuo protocol and asks for recognition by other powers. It states that the majority of other powers are particularly concerned with the open-door principles and the fulfillment of international obligations by Manchukuo. Manchukuo’s stand on these points was clarified by communications addressed to foreign powers some months ago but “if in spite [of] this should there exist any doubt among powers it behooves them to follow step taken by Japan by recognizing this Government and concluding treaties to safeguard these two essentials.”
Text by mail. Repeated to Peiping.
- See telegram No. 232, September 15, 7 p.m., from the Ambassador in Japan, Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 103. For text of protocol, See p. 253.↩