Office of the Historian

793.94/6849⅙

President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State36

Washington, January 31, 1935.

I think our immediate course should be to watch closely all evidence, reports, rumors, etc., and be prepared to ask for official information both from China and Japan, if and when the situation warrants it.

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]
  1. This memorandum was in answer to a letter from the Secretary of State, dated January 30, enclosing copies of several telegrams and a memorandum regarding reports that important negotiations were in progress between China and Japan (793.94/6850a).↩