Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I

500.A15A3/1864: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)⁴⁷

Washington, December 30, 1936—2 p.m.

166. The Japanese Ambassador notified us on December 29 [28] of the formal invocation by His Government of Article 21 in order to retain 15,598 tons of excess submarines.

We have replied by note⁴⁸ that we will exercise our right to retain a proportionate amount of tonnage in the submarine category and on December 31, 1936, will have 15,230 tons of excess submarines.

Moore

47. The same to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom as Department’s telegram No. 461.
48. Infra.