Office of the Historian

711.94/970a: Telegram

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

Washington, June 15, 1934—7 p.m.

100. On May 16 Japanese Ambassador handed me a “secret and confidential” memorandum40 purporting to represent certain “private thoughts” suggesting that the American and Japanese Governments make a “joint declaration” of policy. On May 29 I informed him orally but definitely that we could not adopt that suggestion. Details follow by pouch.

On June 13 the Ambassador was received by the President in farewell call. I was present. No matters of policy discussed.

Hull
  1. For text of memorandum, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 232.↩