Office of the Historian

693.001/522: Telegram

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

Tokyo, March 11, 1939—2 p.m.
[Received March 11—6:40 a.m.]

131. Department’s 54, March 9, 7 p.m., trade restrictions in North China. After carefully weighing the Department’s suggestions I have decided to present our representations in a formal signed note which will be sent to the Foreign Office this afternoon. Our note No. 1207 dated March 1115 is based closely on the contents of the Department’s 52, March 4, 3 p.m., and 55, March 9, 8 p.m.

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My British and French colleagues presented formal signed notes yesterday on the same subject.

Copies of all three notes will be forwarded by pouch unless I am otherwise instructed.16

Repeated to Peiping.

Grew
  1. Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 831. For the Japanese reply of April 13, see ibid., p. 833.↩
  2. British and French notes not printed.↩