762.94/280: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
Tokyo
, February 14,
1939—10 p.m.
[Received February 14—10:45 a.m.]
[Received February 14—10:45 a.m.]
89. Department’s 33, February 10, 6 p.m.
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- I have expressed to the Foreign Minister informally my personal opinions with regard to the current negotiations with Germany and Italy. I am satisfied from this talk with Arita and also from various journalists who are in close touch with him that the decision, whatever [Page 12] it may be, will be reached only after full consideration of all the factors involved.
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- My latest unconfirmed information is that the Japanese Government is still insisting upon limiting the scope of the proposed alliance to exclusive application to Soviet Russia.
Grew