Office of the Historian

125.5216/104: Telegram

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

Washington, April 14, 1941—8 p.m.

229. Your despatch 5421, March 5. Department feels that you should say to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, either orally or in writing, that his reply to you of February 26 is unsatisfactory; that while admitting that the case cannot be proved, you are convinced that your mail has been tampered with; and that you expect the Japanese postal authorities to take due measures to see that repetition does not occur. You should state that you are making these representations upon instruction from your Government.34

Hull
  1. The Ambassador made oral representations to the Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs on May 7 and left with him a personal letter on the subject addressed to Mr. Matsuoka (125.5216/105).↩