611b.9417/335
The Japanese Embassy to the Department of State
Memorandum
With reference to the Memorandum of the Department of State, dated July 10, 1940, declaring the policy of the United States Government for the period August 1, 1940 through July 31, 1941, in regard to the importation into the Philippines of Japanese cotton piece goods, the Japanese Embassy is now instructed to inform the Government of the United States as follows:
The Association of Japanese Exporters of Cotton Piece Goods declares that it will, during the period of one year from August 1, 1940 through July 31, 1941, limit the imports of Japanese cotton piece goods into the Philippines within the quantitative limitations set forth in the Memorandum of the Department of State dated July 10, 1940, and will continue its voluntary efforts to maintain its restrictions upon shipments via intermediary ports.52
- For press release issued by the Department July 15, covering the exchange of memoranda, see Department of State Bulletin, July 20, 1940, p. 36. Subsequently, in June 1941, the proposal to renew the agreement was broached by the Japanese Embassy and was under consideration by the Department when “there occurred the Japanese push into Indochina and it was agreed by Mr. Welles [Under Secretary of State] and Mr. Acheson [Assistant Secretary of State] that the agreement should be allowed to lapse.” On July 28, 1941, the Japanese Embassy was told “that the Department was not prepared to take any action at this time.”↩