Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, The Far East, Volume IV

894.6363/239: Telegram

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

Tokyo, January 7, 1936—1 p.m.
[Received January 7—6:30 a.m.]

3. Embassy’s 246, December 19, 3 p.m.⁶⁴ I discussed the situation of the oil companies today with the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs⁶⁵ on the basis of paragraph 4 of Embassy’s 240 December 13, 6 p.m.⁶⁶ The Vice Minister made no comment except to say that the Government had no intention to deprive the foreign companies of a reasonable economic return and that he would see what if anything could be done.

The Dutch Minister recently made similar representations.

Grew

64. Ibid., p. 937.
65. Mamoru Shigemitsu.
66. Foreign Relations, 1935, vol. iii, p. 935.