Office of the Historian

740.00111 European War, 1939/50: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Dooman) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, September 4, 1939—9 p.m.
[Received September 4—10 a.m.]

455. Our 453, September 4, noon,99 paragraph 2. Following is our translation of Cabinet statement released this evening:

“The Imperial Government will not become involved in the conflict which has suddenly broken out in Europe, but will devote all its energies toward resolving the China incident.”

Sent to Peiping. Peiping, please repeat to Chungking.

Dooman
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