Office of the Historian

711.94/2221: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 29, 1941—4 p.m.
[Received August 29—8:30 a.m.]

1342. The following official statement was released to the press by the Information Board at 2:30 p.m. today:

“Ambassador Nomura called on the American President on August 28 and in view of the international conditions of the time he delivered, in the form of a message from Premier Konoye, Japan’s view regarding Pacific problems which are pending between Japan and the United States.”

Grew