Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, The Far East, Volume III

793.94/6632: Telegram

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

Tokyo, May 1, 1934—6 p.m.
[Received May 1—8:35 a.m.]

86. Department’s 60, April 30, 6 p.m.⁸⁶ Full text published here.⁸⁷ In an interview with Fleisher today the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the American statement of policy is a frank and friendly one and is received by the Japanese Government with same spirit in which it was sent by Mr. Hull. The Japanese Government welcomes it as giving an opportunity to express its own views in the same friendly way and it will therefore be answered with the same traditional frankness. The tone, he said, is entirely different from that used by Mr. Stimson.

No press comment is yet available but it is possible that the newspapers will take their cue from the Foreign Office., Repeated to Peiping.

Grew

86. Not printed.
87. For text of American aide-mémoire referred to, see telegram No. 59, April 28, 7 p.m., to the Ambassador in Japan, Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 231.