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The Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) to the Secretary of State 43

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I anticipate that the United States Government will propose explanations to the Understanding corresponding to the explanations submitted by me. The explanations submitted by me regarding the Understanding were official and in accordance with the instructions received from our Government. When both explanations are agreed upon by mutual accord, they should be deemed a mutually official supplement to the Understanding.

  1. Notation on file copy: “About May 12, 1941. See Japanese ‘explanations’ received on May 12, 1941 and memorandum of conversation May 12, 1941.” For these documents, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, pp. 423 and 418, respectively. For draft proposal of May 12, see ibid., p. 420.↩