Office of the Historian

500.A15A5/610: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the American Delegation (Davis)

Washington, January 11, 1936—4 p.m.

14. Your 45, January 11, 11 a.m. Department has informed Grew17 and will relay to you as promptly as possible Grew’s responses.

Unnecessary though it be, Department would caution Delegation against any assumption, on the basis of reports or evidence regarding the indicated conflicting views, that a technical victory by the Japanese Foreign Office would imply any change in the fundamental thought and objectives of the Japanese nation and government in regard to Japan’s general program of expansion and matters appertaining thereto.

Hull
  1. Department’s telegram No. 6, January 11, 4 p.m., to the Ambassador in Japan; not printed.↩