711.94/976: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 18—1:58 a.m.]
181. Department’s 136, August 8, 8 p.m. My [Re?] Tanaka article. Informal representations made to the Minister of Foreign Affairs August 16. The Minister received the remonstrance sympathetically and I was later told by the Vice Minister that Hirota particularly appreciated the manner of its presentation as instructed by the Department. General Tanaka will be advised by the Foreign Office. The Japan Advertiser has been officially censured for publishing the obnoxious phrase which does not appear to have been published elsewhere in Japan.