Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume III

793.94/11364: Telegram

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

Tokyo, November 30, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received November 30—7:15 a.m.]

580. Our 569, November 27, noon.

1. Military officers of the Embassy have been told in widely separated Japanese military quarters that a declaration of war will be issued tomorrow or the day after.

2. There is no reliable basis for evaluating such information other than the statement made by the Prime Minister and reported in our 571, November 27, 2 p.m.

Repeated to Peiping for Hankow.

Grew