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

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The Navy Department to the Department of State

[Washington,] April 17, 1941.

The following message was received from the Naval Attaché at Ankara this date:

[Paraphrase] When explaining the Japanese-Russian pact, the Russian Naval Attaché said that the Russian policy is clear and that it is to allow everyone else to fight while Russia fights with no one.