793.94/1994a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
362. Department’s 360, October 4, 2 p.m.93 You should instruct the Consul General at Nanking, in the light of information which you have sent him and of the Department’s 361, October 5, 2 p.m. (replying to your 697, October 4, 8 a.m.), to inform T. V. Soong and Vice Minister Lee, informally and orally, that this whole subject is continuously [Page 118] being given the Department’s solicitous and careful attention in the light of all obtainable information; that, although the United States has not been in a position to identify itself formally with the League’s deliberations and action, this Government nevertheless has been informed constantly of the League’s views and efforts and has cooperated along parallel lines so far as possible with the League; that this Government has been gratified to note the adoption of the resolution by the League Council at its final meeting September 30, accepted as it was by both China and Japan; that this Government is convinced of the desirability at the present juncture that both China and Japan should be given a fair opportunity to carry out by themselves in good faith and in a mutually reasonable and conciliatory spirit their respective commitments duly expressed in the September 30 resolution; that this Government earnestly hopes that the Governments of both China and Japan will make every effort possible in this connection; and that the same sense is being expressed here in conversations with representatives of Japan.
Repeat as Department’s 183 to the Embassy in Japan for its guidance and information.
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