740.00116 PW/8–1145

The Department of State to the Swiss Legation

Memorandum

The Department of State acknowledges the receipt of a memorandum dated August 11, 1945 from the Legation of Switzerland in charge of Japanese interests in the United States with the exception of the Territory of Hawaii, transmitting the text of a communication from the Japanese Government concerning the alleged bombing on August 6, 1945 of the town of Hiroshima by United States airplanes.