793.94/11882: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:44 p.m.]
119. A United Press report carried in Navy wireless broadcast under Washington dateline of December 28 reports Ambassador Saito as saying that Japan’s peace terms to China will demonstrate that she has no aggressive designs and will be so moderate that Americans will be surprised. In this connection I invite the Department’s attention to outline of terms reported in my 116, December 28, 9 p.m. These terms while general in outline are broad enough, when coupled with observed activities of Japanese Army in Manchuria, North China and more recently in the lower Yangtze Valley to afford a very clear and complete domination of China which the Japanese military have in mind in their China policy.