793.94/14429: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 29—7:10 a.m.]
755. 1. The following statement was issued last night by the Cabinet.
“The Cabinet this afternoon decided on its fundamental policy for regulating Sino-Japanese relations in connection with the construction of a new order in East Asia which the Five Minister Conference has been considering.”
2. We have been unable to obtain any authoritative or otherwise reliable indication of the nature of this “fundamental policy”, and as we understand that general indications of the character of this policy are to be given out in the next few days, we believe that an appraisal of various conjectures now current would not be helpful to the Department. We learn, however, from a reliable source that the policy is to be discussed in a conference to be held shortly in the presence of the Emperor which if true is an indication of the significance of the policy (see our 28, January 14, 5 p.m.41).
Repeated to Shanghai for Chungking.