Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, General, Volume I

762.9411/17: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 27, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received September 27—7:12 a.m.]

904. The informant⁵² mentioned in our 903, September 27, 4 p.m.,⁵³ has just told me that the Japanese-German alliance will be signed in Tokyo at 7 o’clock this evening and that announcement to the press will be made at 9 o’clock.⁵⁴

Grew

52. Relman Morin, Associated Press correspondent in Japan.
53. Not printed.
54. The alliance was signed at Berlin. For text, see League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. cciv, p. 386; for a radio address by Foreign Minister Matsuoka, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, p. 166; for an imperial rescript by the Japanese Emperor, see ibid., p. 168; and for a message by the Japanese Prime Minister, see ibid .