Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume II

761.94/7–2145: Telegram

No. 1229
The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Togo ) to the Japanese Ambassador in the Soviet Union ( Sato )

[Translation]

urgent

[ Tokyo ,] July 21, 1945—9:30 p.m.

931. Re your telegrams No. 1417 and No. 1418.¹

The mission of special envoy Konoye is to ask the Government of the USSR for its assistance in terminating the war and to explain our concrete intentions concerning the matter in accordance with the wishes of the Emperor; it is also to negotiate on matters of establishing cooperative relations between Japan and the USSR, which should become basic in our diplomacy during and after the war.

Please propose the above to the Soviets and endeavor to obtain the agreement of the Government of the USSR relative to the dispatch of the special envoy.

Also, please understand fully my telegram No. 932² in particular.

1. Documents Nos. 1226 and 1227, respectively.
2. Document No. 1230.