793.94/9023: Telegram
The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 28—7:50 a.m.]
335. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has orally stated to the Embassy that the Chinese Government is anxious to deprive Japanese airplanes of such assistance as they may receive from broadcast weather forecasts relating to China, especially the interior. The Minister understands that such forecasts are broadcast by an American radio station in Manila and rebroadcast by American naval vessels. The Minister inquired whether such weather forecasts could not be terminated or transmitted in code during the present difficulties and asked for an early reply.