Office of the Historian

893.6363 Manchuria/43: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 5, 1934—1 p.m.
[Received September 5—2:47 a.m.]

196. My 191, August 31, 5 [2] p.m., paragraph 2. Goold now informs me that the three companies’ agreement not to submit bids for crude oil for the refinery at Dairen is being rendered valueless by the fact that Standard Oil of California and Union Oil of California are submitting bids for Kettleman crude oil mixed with kerosene for shipment to Dairen.

Repeat[ed] to Peiping.

Grew