Office of the Historian

894.00/662: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, July 13, 1936—2 p.m.
[Received July 13—3:08 a.m.]

154. Embassy’s 149, July 7, noon. War Office announcement 6 p.m., July 12, names 15 persons as executed July 12 for participation in February 26 incident. These persons are the 13 officers and 2 of the 4 civilians whose death sentences were announced July 7. The two remaining civilians are presumably being held for evidence in further investigations. The press generally approves the executions and no disturbances have been reported.

Grew