Office of the Historian

894.6363/79: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Neville) to the Secretary of State38

Tokyo, September 25, 1934—6 p.m.
[Received September 25—11:55 a.m.]

213. Department’s 162, September 21, 8 p.m. I read the Department’s communication to the Minister for Foreign Affairs today. He asked me for a copy which I left with him, explaining that it was an oral message. The copy bore no indication that it was a communication, memorandum or official document of any description. The Minister said that he understood the position of the foreign oil companies and would see that the points brought out in the conversation would receive the attention of the authorities dealing with the oil question. He said he recognized the hardship which would be worked if the oil companies were required to expend large sums for storage purposes with no assurance for the future.

Neville
  1. This telegram was quoted by the Department in its telegram No. 368, September 26, 6 p.m., to the Ambassador in Great Britain for the information of the British Foreign Office.↩