893.24/882: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 25—1:15 p.m.]
3206. According to a high Foreign Office official, there is some difference of opinion at present in the Foreign Office as to whether the agreement with Japan for closing of the Burma Road until October 18 should be abrogated at once in view of recent Japanese aggression in Indochina or allowed to operate until it expires on October 18. There is no difference of opinion, however, on the conclusion that the Road must be reopened on the expiration of the present agreement. The matter is being threshed out and will have to go before the Cabinet for final decision. The official said that when the decision is reached the Foreign Office will telegraph a full statement of the British views and conclusions to Lord Lothian for communication to you.