711.94/1789: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 24—10:13 a.m.]
1036. In the course of conversation today with the Vice Foreign Minister he asked me about the present feeling in the United States towards Japan. I replied that the feeling was tense and that this was to be expected from the nature of the public statements by high Japanese statesmen following the signing of the tripartite alliance, these statements having conveyed to the American people the impression that the Japanese Government intends to follow an aggressive policy. I asked Mr. Ohashi whether the Japanese Embassy in Washington was not reporting American public opinion as revealed in the American press and from other sources. He replied “No”. I expressed surprise and told him that this Embassy sends daily telegrams to Washington, frequently several pages in length, reporting press comment in Japan.
Sent to the Department via Shanghai.