793.94/14281a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
375. 1. The press of last night and this morning carries the text of a statement made public by the Japanese Government in regard to the situation in the Far East. The opening paragraph of the statement reads as follows:
“By the august virtues of His Majesty our naval and military forces have captured Canton and the three Wuhan cities; all other vital areas in China have fallen into our hands.”
The concluding paragraph reads as follows:
“Such the Government declares to be the immutable policy and the determination of Japan.”
The Department desires to receive from you at the earliest possible moment a brief telegram reporting whether the Japanese Government issued such a statement and by whom or from what Government agency it was issued.84
2. The press today also carries reports of a speech by the Prime Minister in which the Prime Minister is said to have maintained a [Page 361] close parallel with the Government statement on Chinese policy. Please telegraph the Department promptly the significant passages in the Prime Minister’s speech.85
- For text of statement by the Japanese Government, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 477.↩
- For text of speech, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 478.↩