741.94/111: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)32
94. Your 165, June 23, 5 p.m. Under date June 21, the Embassy at London telegraphed33 that Cadogan on June 21 informed Ambassador Bingham that Cadogan had had several talks with Ambassador Yoshida in the course of which Yoshida had proposed a pact for protecting China’s independence and territorial integrity. Cadogan said that the British Government would cooperate in this sense with the Japanese or any other government and that the Japanese Ambassador had then suggested that there be discussed an agreement for China’s rehabilitation and protection; that Cadogan had informed Yoshida that in no circumstances would Great Britain enter into such a pact, that while his Government would support cooperation with China, Japan and the United States for the stability and peace of the Far East, consideration could not be given to a special agreement in any form; and that Yoshida was to furnish Cadogan with a memorandum on the points which Japan would propose to discuss but that the changes of government in Japan has involved a delay in the presentation of the memorandum. Cadogan stated that he expected that the memorandum would be forthcoming shortly; that he had promised to keep the Chinese Ambassador informed of any negotiations with Japan; and that he would keep the American Embassy informed.
- Sent as No. 97, June 25, 4 p.m., to the Embassy in China.↩
- Vol. iv, p. 605.↩