Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume IV

893.01 Manchuria/1646

Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] May 15, 1941.

Mr. Secretary: Herewith brief observations⁵⁴ in relation to the question whether this Government should in any way associate itself with an effort to persuade or induce the Chinese to recognize “Manchukuo”, and to the further question of whether this Government should itself without there first having been a voluntary Chinese recognition recognize “Manchukuo”.

54. Infra.