693.002/766: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 26—11 a.m.]
686. Department’s 359, October 24, 7 p.m. My British and French colleagues and I are in agreement that the position of our respective [Page 747] Governments with regard to the integrity of the Chinese customs has already been made abundantly clear and that a further statement of our position at this juncture might do more harm than good. We believe that such a statement would be more timely if and when some further step in derogation of the integrity of the customs is taken by the Japanese authorities or by the “Reformed Government.”
Repeated to Chungking and Peiping.