Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The Far East, Volume III

894.113/53: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, March 6, 1933—2 p.m.
[Received March 6—2:45 a.m.]

55. The British Ambassador tells me that he believes there is a movement in his own country to force the British Government to restrict the arms embargo to apply to Japan exclusively, and that he has emphatically warned his Government of the danger of such a step which would very likely cause Japan to blockade Chinese ports resulting in the grave risk of a general war. I share his views in this respect. Repeated to Peiping.

Grew