811.20(D)Regulations/1049
The Department of State to the Japanese Embassy
Reference is made to the note, no. 316, dated December 21, 1940, from the Japanese Embassy at Washington, in regard to restrictions recently placed on the exportation of iron and steel.
It is noted that the Embassy refers to its notes of August 3, 1940, and October 7, 1940, in regard to the restrictions placed on the exportation of aviation gasoline and iron and steel scrap. The Embassy’s [Page 238] attention is invited to the replies which the Department addressed to those notes on August 9, 1940, and October 23, 1940. The statements therein made concerning the interests of the national defense of the United States apply fully to the considerations raised in the Embassy’s note under acknowledgment in regard to the recent restrictions on the export of iron and steel.