Office of the Historian

793.94/6626: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, April 29, 1934—7 p.m.
[Received April 29—9:30 a.m.]

83. Department’s 59, April 28, 7 p.m., decoded at 5 p.m. I delivered aide-mémoire to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at 6:30 p.m. After reading it, his only comment was that the whole affair had caused “great misunderstanding”. He said that he would reply to the aide-mémoire in due course.

Grew