761.94/1284: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

389. Following has been sent to Tokyo:

“I very much appreciate your 321, of February 27, 1 p.m., as I am now convinced that my Japanese colleague has been entirely [accurate?] and sincere during the past 2 or 3 months in his statements to me concerning the status from time to time of the Soviet-Japanese negotiations and that I may in consequence place reliance on any further information that I may obtain from him.[”]

Steinhardt