894.20211 Tachibana, Itaru/29: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
Tokyo, July 11,
1941—4 p.m.
[Received July 13—9:03 a.m.]
[Received July 13—9:03 a.m.]
984. Department’s 377, July 7, 10 p.m., missionaries in Korea. An official of the Foreign Office informed a member of my staff today that if any of the missionaries declined to leave Korea when the offer is made judicial proceedings would continue and judgment made according to law; that if any were then sentenced the Korean judiciary could hardly be expected to entertain appeals for clemency once having offered to permit them to leave the country.
Sent to the Department via Shanghai.
Grew