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The Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 3.]
Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith a memorandum33 of a conversation held by me with Mr. Ariyoshi, the Japanese Minister.
The Department will note that in the course of a general conversation I casually introduced the matter of through railway traffic and postal arrangements with Manchuria and that the tenor of the Minister’s observations was that these matters were merely a part of the armistice agreement of May 30 [31], 1933, and should be attended to by the military authorities of Japan and China. He expressed the opinion that they were no concern of the two Governments and bore no relation to the question of recognition of “Manchukuo”.
Respectfully yours,
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