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894.00/820: Telegram

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

Tokyo, October 29, 1938—1 p.m.
[Received October 29—12:40 a.m.]

691. The following appointments to the Cabinet have just been announced: Hachiro Arita, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Yoshiaki Hatta, Minister for Overseas Affairs. Arita was formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs and Hatta was formerly Vice President of the South Manchuria Railway Company.

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