Office of the Historian

393.1163 Free Methodist/69: Telegram

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

Washington, December 12, 1939—noon.

395. Peiping’s 622, December 7, 4 p.m., situation at Chenliu. The Department assumes that on basis of Peiping’s telegram under reference you are making to the Foreign Office an appropriate rejoinder to the Foreign Office’s communication quoted in your 665, December 6, 9 p.m.5

Sent to Tokyo via Peiping. Repeated to Chungking and Hankow.

Hull
  1. On December 16 the Japanese Foreign Office was accordingly informed that its reply was unsatisfactory.↩