Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

393.112/28: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 1, 1939—6 p.m.
[Received August 2—2:02 p.m.]

379. Department’s 224, July 28, 5 p.m.

1. I called this afternoon on the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and read to him the Department’s telegram under reference and Peiping’s 365, July 25, 4 p.m.,²⁹ I expanded portions of the Department’s 224, especially the references to the possibility that assaults on Americans might be reflective of the anti-foreign propaganda in China and to the cumulative effects of such incidents. Sawada undertook to convey my representations to the Minister and subsequently to make a reply. He made no comment.

2. I also took up this matter with Yoshizawa who expressed concern and promised to see what could be done with a view to taking appropriate safeguarding measures.

Repeated to Chungking, Shanghai and Hankow.

Dooman

29. Not printed.