Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East, Volume III

793.94119/603

Memorandum of Conservation, by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton)

[Extract]

[Washington,] October 25, 1939.

At the Secretary’s suggestion, concurred in by Mr. Hornbeck, I asked Monsignor Ready⁹⁰ to call in reference to the cablegram which the Apostolic Delegate in Washington received from the Secretariate of State of the Holy See, a copy of which Monsignor Beady left with me on October 10,⁹¹ in regard to information received by the Secretariate of State from an unnamed source that Chinese officials “desire the Holy See to take steps to establish peace between China and Japan”.

I told Monsignor Ready that we wished to give him a statement by way of acknowledgment and reply to the cablegram a copy of which he had left with us. I then handed him the ribbon copy of the attached statement.⁹² …

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M[axwell] M. H[amilton]

90. Monsignor Michael J. Ready, of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington.
91. Not printed.
92. Infra.