793.94/9205: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6—10:25 a.m.]
251. My 250, August 6, 9 p.m. The British Chargé d’Affaires has not yet received from London a request for his opinion and comment concerning the proposal of his Government to extend good offices in [Page 342] the Sino-Japanese conflict. In view of the Department’s 138, August 5, noon, however, he will probably cable his opinion to London tomorrow. He states that he fully agrees with my views as to the best method of approach but believes that an early clash between the opposing forces is unlikely and that any proposal of good offices had better be made somewhat later after the adjournment of the Diet. He will inform me tomorrow of the nature of his recommendations to his Government which I shall then cable to the Department together with my comment thereon.
Repeated to Nanking.