894c.20/6: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 23—5:40 a.m.]
186. Embassy’s 171, August 7, 6 p.m.13 The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs today informed me that the Japanese Government [Page 820] disapproved of the action of the Mayor of Dairen and that the Governor of the Kwantung Province had taken measures to the effect that contributions from foreign firms and individuals for air defense would not be exacted or expected. The Vice Minister expressed his conviction that no indirect methods of pressure or retaliation for failure to comply with the Mayor’s demands would be exerted. Repeated to Dairen.
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