893.24/977a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
471. Hanoi reports that chiefly because of Japanese pressure the authorities of Indochina are refusing to permit reexportation from Indochina of certain American-owned merchandise, detailed information regarding which is known to Reed, to the Indochinese authorities and presumably to the Japanese in that area.
Please approach the Foreign Office in such manner as you may deem appropriate with a view to causing the cessation of this unwarranted interference with the movement of American-owned merchandise.
Sent to Tokyo via Shanghai. Repeated to Chungking, Peiping and Hong Kong. Hong Kong repeat to Hanoi.