893.01 Manchuria/474: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Great Britain (Atherton)

246. Your 271, September 16, 1 p.m., first sentence. For your information and guidance.

1.
Japanese Government apparently has made no formal notification. Tokyo informs us that information in regard to recognition was given out there in the form of a public statement. Apparently no official notification to Embassy. Here, the Japanese Embassy has simply handed an officer of the Department a copy, without covering note or memorandum and without comment, of what appears to be a mimeographed press release.
2.
The Department is taking no official cognizance and making no comment, for the present at least.
Stimson