793.94/10260: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss)
427. Your 762, September 25, 4 p.m. The Department has repeated your telegram under reference, with the exception of paragraph 4, to our Embassy at London, and has instructed the Embassy as follows:
“The Department has under consideration the advisability of instructing our Ambassador at Tokyo to make representations to the Japanese Government in regard to the continued use of sections of the International Settlement as a base for Japanese military operations. [Page 556] Aside from any question of the effectiveness of such representations, the Department inclines to the view that representations would be warranted if for no other reason than for purposes of record.
Please consult with the British Foreign Office, using Shanghai’s telegram as a basis for your approach, and endeavor to ascertain the views and proposed action, if any, of the British Government in the matter.”