793.94/1978: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

364. Reference penultimate paragraph of section one of Tokyo’s telegram No. 175, October 5, 4 p.m., to the Department.7

1. The Department’s No. 181, October 3, 2 p.m., to Tokyo read as follows:

[Here follows text printed on page 107.]

Similar representations have been made to the Japanese Ambassador here.

2. Instruct Mukden that any approach whatever, oral or written, to the Consulate by Japanese authorities or Chinese or Americans interested in this question should be reported to Department at once and no commitments of any sort be made in connection therewith without instruction.

Stimson
  1. Paragraph beginning “Before I left …,” p. 114, is apparently the one referred to.