711.94/2255: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 6—6 a.m.]
1406. For the Secretary and the Under Secretary only. Broadcasts from American stations during the past few days continue to stress in various ways that “Japan has surrendered to the United States”. As press and radio comment of this character is likely to become known here, especially among military and naval circles, in spite of the censorship, I venture to refer to the Embassy’s 1355, August 30, 6 p.m., paragraph 7, in the hope that the Administration may wish to give the American press and radio a “leader” tending to counterbalance publicity which might seriously prejudice the success of the current conversations with the Japanese Government.