390.1115A/1406
The Spanish Embassy to the Department of State
Memorandum
The Spanish Embassy in Washington in charge of Japanese interests in the United States, present their compliments to the State Department and beg to communicate that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid has informed that the United States Government, through the Swiss Minister at Tokio, recently requested the Imperial Japanese Government to state whether this Government had discarded the idea of a second trip of the Gripsholm asserting that in what it concerned the American Government, its point of view on the matter had not changed.
The Imperial Japanese Government further informs that, after a perusal of the new list of repatriations presented by the United States Government, it appears as though the American Authorities had not taken the necessary interest in locating the Japanese included in the list of priorities arranged by the Japanese Government, adding that, in the Memorandum from the State Department72 the suggestions on the exchange made by the Japanese Government do not seem to have been taken into consideration.
Consequently, the Imperial Japanese Government does not think it possible to come to an agreement on the projected second voyage of the Gripsholm, if the Government of the United States does not clarify its attitude on the points of reference.
The Spanish Embassy would greatly appreciate the State Department’s consideration of this matter, as well as a reply on it which can be transmitted to the Imperial Japanese Government.
- Dated November 3, supra.↩