Office of the Historian

793.94/16264: Telegram

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

Washington, October 26, 1940—2 p.m.

425. Chungking’s 544, October 25, 6 p.m. It is suggested that, in your discretion, as in the cases of recent instances of the endangering by Japanese bombing of American properties, both official and private, you may care to bring to the attention of the Foreign Minister the bombing described in Chungking’s telegram under reference which jeopardized the American Embassy and the U. S. S. Tutuila at that place and damaged American property there.45

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

Hull
  1. This was done in a note handed on October 28 by the Ambassador in Japan to the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs; see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, Vol. i, p. 699.↩