893.811/919: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
94. Your 151, April 4, 5 p.m. Please disregard in paragraph 2 of the Department’s 87, March 31, 4 p.m., the words “by consulates concerned” which Department regards as a minor detail in the French proposal as reported by you, and be guided by the Department’s expression of the view that objection should be made, that it should not be made to the Manchukuo authorities, and that it should be made to the Japanese Government. Department is not prescribing either course of action or method, both of which subjects may, in Department’s opinion, appropriately be given consideration by you and your colleagues.