Office of the Historian

693.002/917: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 2, 1939—noon.
[Received September 2—4 a.m.]

451. Department’s 183, August 30, 6 p.m., to Peiping. I delivered yesterday at the Foreign Office a first person note11 protesting against seizure and occupation of Swatow Customs. Having done so, I invited the British and French Ambassadors to take similar action. They are consulting their respective Governments.

Repeated to Peiping. Peiping please repeat to Chungking and Swatow.

Dooman
  1. Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 748. For the Japanese reply, No. 204, December 28, see ibid., p. 750. For second Japanese note, No. 12, January 25, 1940, see ibid., p. 753.↩