756.94/88
The Netherlands Minister (Loudon) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to confirm the message which I have communicated by telephone to Mr. Berle, the Assistant Secretary of State, that I am in receipt of a telegram from the Netherlands Minister in London, worded:
“As a reaction on certain information received, Minister van Kleffens wired to Minister Tokyo on the 13th May as follows.
You can give formal assurance Japanese Government that we have obtained absolute certainty that neither Allies nor United States [Page 20] would interfere integrity Netherlands Indies nor curtail oil supplies for use by Japan. I have today supplemented the above in a telegram to the Netherlands Minister in Tokyo reading as follows ‘My telegram 13th May regarding formal assurance Japanese Government you can extend that assurance to normal supply all raw materials subject to our vital necessities and no reexport enemy destination’.
Please inform United States Government of the above.”
Please accept [etc.]