762.94/105: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 30—8 a.m.]
335. The German Ambassador on November 27 called on the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs and an official communiqué announced that the Ambassador promised to apply to his Government for information desired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the German-Japanese anti-Communist agreement.74 The communiqué added that the attention of the Ambassador was drawn to the reaction on the Chinese people and to the fixed policy of the Chinese Government to rely on its own strength to suppress Communism.
The Italian Ambassador will call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs November 30, 4 p.m. to discuss the recent Italian-Japanese agreement which press reports state relates to the recognition of the present status of Ethiopia and Manchuria.
- See vol. i, pp. 390 ff.↩