793.94/8231: Telegram
The Chargé in Japan (Dickover) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 6—7:36 a.m.]
206. 1. Instructions contained in Department’s 128, October 4, 2 p.m. carried out at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Vice Minister made no comments; he informed Ballantine, however, that there were no further developments in the situation.
2. Chugai says that the Foreign Office authorities made the following announcement yesterday in connection with a Domei London report that the British Ambassador here has made representations to the Japanese Government in regard to its China policy:
“Recently in response to a request by British Ambassador Clive for information regarding Sino-Japanese negotiations Foreign Minister Arita gave him an explanation of the present status of Sino-Japanese relations. The Ambassador’s request was not based upon instructions from his Government but was on his own initiative. Consequently it is not true that the British Government has made any representations to the Imperial Government regarding Chinese questions. Furthermore, the Foreign Office authorities made to a member of the American Embassy a similar explanation; no representations have been made by the American Government.”
The other newspapers publish similar reports.
Repeated to Peiping.