793.94/2734: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 18—3 a.m.]
953. Reuter reports from New York, 17th:
“America’s attitude towards Japan as set forth in New York Herald-Tribune is that State Department is sending firm note to Tokyo declaring that United States supports efforts of League of Nations to persuade Japan to evacuate forbidden territory in Manchuria. Simultaneously, however, Japanese Ambassador has been privately assured at Washington that United States will not go to the extent of backing up her demands by force. She will not follow the League in any economic boycott nor in the withdrawal of diplomatic representatives from Tokyo.”
Is the portion beginning “simultaneously” to the end a quotation from the newspapers?