Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1935, The Far East, Volume III

894.628/133: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Japan ( Neville )

Washington , August 30, 1935—5 p.m.

132. Your despatch 1425, August 9, third paragraph.⁶⁵

1. You may inform the Foreign Office that this Government is prepared to present to the Japanese Government specific proposals.

2. Should the reply of the Foreign Office to your inquiry be in the affirmative, you may inform the Foreign Office that arrangements have been made for an expert of the Bureau of Fisheries to proceed immediately to Tokyo.

3. For various reasons no draft convention has been prepared. However, Bower will be fully instructed in regard to inducements to be held out in the various contingencies which might be expected to arise in the course of the negotiations.

4. We concur in the thought expressed in the last sentence of paragraph under reference.

Hull

65. Not printed; the third paragraph suggested postponement of conversations “pending the arrival of Mr. Bower” with “formal proposals, presumably in the form of a draft convention.”