893.00 Nanking/206
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Aide Memoire
As the Secretary of State is no doubt aware, His Majesty’s Minister at Peking is keeping in close touch with his United States and Japanese Colleagues, in order to secure a satisfactory settlement of the Nanking incident.
This constant interchange of views and information on the latest developments between the three Ministers appears to afford sufficient guarantee that none of their Governments will authorize the conclusion of any agreement for the settlement of the incident, the terms of which have not previously been fully discussed and concurred in by their respective Representatives at Peking.
[Page 228]His Majesty’s Government trust that the Government of the United States share their view as to the advisability of continuing to act on these lines.