Office of the Historian

761.9411/60: Telegram

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

Tokyo, December 6, 1939—7 p.m.
[Received December 6—9:09 a.m.]

663. Department’s 385, December 5, 2 p.m. The Foreign Office today confirmed the accuracy of the statement attributed to Suma but emphasized that the statement presented only an objective fact and that no inference going beyond the text would be warranted.

Grew