894.6363/301: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 24—6:34 a.m.]
268. Department’s 164, December 23, 1 p.m. I carried out the Department’s instructions in an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs this afternoon and after an oral presentation of the details of the situation I left with him an aide-mémoire based on the Department’s telegram No. 160, December 17, 2 p.m., paragraph 2. The Minister said that he was unfamiliar with the subject but would study it and would reply as soon as possible. The Minister received [Page 806] my representations and the reading of the aide-mémoire in a wholly friendly way and his attitude remained thoroughly cordial throughout the interview.
The British Ambassador made similar representations a few moments earlier.