711.94/755: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
20. Your 278, December 12, 10 a.m. and 284, December 19, 10 p.m.46 Reports indicating that the recent principal Japanese delegate at the recent session of the League Assembly intends to visit the United States for the purpose of “discussing the political situation with the incoming President” have been appearing in the press. The Department is not in position to take any initiative toward discouraging such visit, but it does not wish to encourage it. A conversation, if held, between high officials of this Government and the recent principal Japanese delegate would probably lead to highly undesirable public speculation and conjecture. If you are approached on the subject of such a visit to the United States, the Department suggests that you discreetly and as on your own responsibility encourage the impression that it would be desirable if that delegate did not seek to visit this country for the purpose of conferring with high officials here.
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