Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume IV

711.94/2144: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 6, 1941—10 p.m.
[Received June 6—noon.]

783. Embassy’s 774, June 6, 1 p.m.

1. The associate mentioned in second sentence of telegram under reference called on me this afternoon and definitely corroborated the information conveyed in paragraph numbered 1 of aforesaid telegram.

2. In the light of the foregoing information and our general observation of the political situation in Tokyo, I am now inclined to question the accuracy of the alleged message from the Prime Minister reported in Embassy’s 765, June 4, 10 p.m. Much political maneuvering is going on in Japan at the present time.

Grew