704.9394/3: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
Washington, January 23, 1938—2
p.m.
21. Your 48, January 22, 11 a.m. The Department suggests that, in order to avoid misunderstanding, you substitute for the phrase, “that they would be prepared to lend their good offices in any emergency”, the following phrase: “that, without assuming representative functions, they would be prepared to render all appropriate assistance, temporarily, in any emergency”.
Hull