740.0011 Pacific War/1075a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
5842. The Thai Minister here received this morning a telegram from the Thai Foreign Minister at Bangkok, stating that Thailand and Japan had entered into an offensive and defensive alliance. It is understood that the Thai Minister here is today making public a [Page 383] repudiation on his own responsibility of the above mentioned alliance. Yesterday the Minister stated to the press that he intended to work for the re-establishment of an independent Thailand.
You may wish to communicate the above to the British Foreign Office and, in your discretion, to your Thai colleague.
Further developments will be telegraphed to you.