693.119/377: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:09 p.m.]
463. My 402, September 17 [October 27], 1 p.m.1 Yesterday French Ambassador informed me that both he and the British Ambassador had received instructions to inquire of the Italian Government why it was selling arms to the Chinese and asked me if I had received similar instructions. He then said the Japanese Government had not made any protest because the initiative in the matter had been taken by the American Minister at Peking among his colleagues there. French Ambassador thought any action taken should include the United States.
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