394.1123 Thomson, J. C./41: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
Washington, August 13, 1938—2
p.m.
287. Your 527, August 11, 5 p.m., Thomson case.
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- After careful consideration of all the circumstances attending the Thomson case and the resulting discussions with the Japanese authorities, the Department, being convinced that no fault lay with the American side, does not feel that it can properly consent to any statement which would further modify in favor of the Japanese side the statement proposed in paragraph 2 of the Department’s 267.53a
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- Bearing in mind, however, the last sentences of paragraphs 1 and 6 of your 500, July 29, 11 p.m., the Department is inclined, in the absence of further unfavorable developments, to take no initiative in regard to publicity in this long drawn out and still unsettled case.
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- You may in your discretion, and subject to any further comment that you may wish to make to the Department, inform the Japanese Foreign Office in the above sense.
Hull