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

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The Navy Department to the Department of State ⁸⁴

Washington , April 24, 1941.

The following message was received from the Commander in Chief Asiatic Fleet⁸⁵ this date:

To prevent spread Nipponese influence in Thailand and Brooke-Popham⁸⁶ during Singapore conference urges our Government join in mutual diplomatic démarche.

84. Handed by Capt. Roscoe E. Schuirmann, of the Office of Naval Operations, to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton) on April 25; noted by the Secretary of State.
85. Adm. Thomas C. Hart, U.S.N.
86. Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, British Commander in Chief, Far East.