Office of the Historian

792.94/136: Telegram

The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, August 2, 1941—9 a.m.
[Received August 3—2:48 p.m.]

387. I called on the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding many current reports to the effect that the Japanese have already made demands of Thailand for military bases. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs made a categorical denial [in the sense which?] he had indicated in conversation with me last Monday as reported in my telegram 371, July 28, 1 p.m.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs said his Government had made definite answer but that so far no reply had been made.

Grant