761.9411/67: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 15—9:53 a.m.]
1545. The Japanese Ambassador informed me last night that he had received no reply from Molotov or Vyshinski to his inquiry made on October 30 and reported in my No. 1466 of November 1, 6 p.m. nor any other indication of the attitude of the Soviet Government towards the conclusion of a nonaggression pact with Japan. The Ambassador said that, in conformity with the policy which he has adopted he had made no effort to press the Soviet Government in regard to the [matter?], but that following Molotov’s return from Berlin he would seek an interview with him for the purpose of insisting upon a reply.