893.61331/239: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 1—4:35 p.m.]
1245. Our 1212, November 27, noon,43 Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. In conversation with the Foreign Minister today, I repeated our representations of November 27 in an effort to impress the Minister with the particularly flagrant character of this case of interference with the legitimate and long established rights of this company. Mr. Matsuoka made notes of my remarks and said that he would pursue the matter.
Sent to the Department via Peiping. Peiping please repeat to Chungking, Tientsin and Tsingtao.