Office of the Historian

393.1163 Seventh Day Adventist/42: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, September 20, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received September 20—8:55 a.m.]

392. Our 381 September 17, 5 p.m. war bombing. We have just received the reply of the Foreign Office, the complete text of which will be telegraphed as soon as translated.48 The reply expresses the “sincere regrets” of the Japanese Government for the occurrence [Page 344] which was said to have been due to confusion of hospital with Chinese wireless station and it adds that the Japanese Government is prepared to give favorable consideration to indemnifying the hospital and its employees.49

Repeated to Shanghai for relay to Nanking.

Grew
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. A check in settlement of this claim (Chinese $7,957.00) was received by the Embassy from the Japanese Foreign Office in April 1938 (393.1163 Seventh Day Adventist/70).↩