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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
The British Ambassador came in at his request. He took up the Japanese situation and said that his Government was increasingly concerned over the dangerous outlook and his Government’s position is that they hope this Government from its own standpoint, if for no other reason, might find further means of deterring the Japanese from a military and naval drive south to the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area. I repeated to the Ambassador our general course and attitude thus far and said that we were continuing to give the matter every attention from every possible angle or viewpoint.