394.115 Panay/420: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 4—6:11 a.m.]
227. My 191, March 22, 1 p.m.29a We received today from the Foreign Office a communication dated April 1 in the form of an unofficial letter from Yoshizawa to Dooman,30 asking for an itemized statement of the Panay incident indemnification claim. A translation of the letter follows:
“My dear Mr. Dooman: With reference to note number 898, dated March 21st, by which the American Ambassador at Tokyo requested indemnification for American property losses and for the death of and injury to American citizens caused by the attack on December 12th by Japanese naval airplanes on the American warship Panay and on American merchant vessels, the various departments concerned of the Japanese Government have expressed a desire for an itemized statement, which is required for purposes of accounting, covering the amount requested as indemnification.
[Page 561]I would, therefore, be grateful if you would be good enough urgently to furnish me with the information requested. Sincerely yours, Seijiro Yoshizawa.”
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