893.01 Manchuria/991: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 26—5:58 a.m.]
19. In reply to an interpellation in the Lower House of his views yesterday concerning Hornbeck’s speech Hirota stated that the speech [Page 18] was not delivered in Hornbeck’s official capacity as the speaker had stressed the point to his audience that he was expressing his private opinion and was not [speaking] for the administration or for the State Department. Furthermore, the version of the speech published in Japan had been distorted and the American Ambassador had corrected the mistake. He wished the members to understand the true situation.
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