701.0090/1593½
The Department of State to the Spanish Embassy
The Department of State refers to the memorandum no. 97 Ex 108.03 of the Spanish Embassy in charge of Japanese interests in the United States dated May 4, 1943 and in particular to the first two sentences of the fourth paragraph of the annex36 thereto promising that there would be communicated without delay the names of additional Japanese to be repatriated in the contemplated second exchange of nationals.
Although five weeks have passed, the Department has not yet received from the Embassy the names of the seventy additional Japanese to be repatriated from the United States. The Department has likewise not yet received lists of Japanese to be repatriated from Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The non-receipt of these lists is delaying the preparation and delivery to the Spanish Embassy of the list of the Japanese to be embarked in the next sailing of the Gripsholm in accordance with the wishes of the Japanese Government.
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