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

740.00/1371: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

Washington, May 9, 1939—2 p.m.

120. A telegram of May 8 from the American Embassy at Berlin³³ reads in part as follows:

“German sources indicate that the proclamation of the German-Italian military alliance as well as the reported conversations with Russia are maneuvers intended to frighten the Western Powers and to influence Japan to join Italy and Germany in a military alliance.”

Hull

33. Not printed.