811.20 Defense (Requisitions)/69
Memorandum by Mr. Edgar P. Allen of the Division of Controls
Mr. Morito Morishima, Counselor of the Japanese Embassy, came in to see me this afternoon by appointment and stated that he had come in merely to express appreciation for the favorable consideration which had resulted in the release for export of approximately fifty percent of the machine tools which had been held up.
Mr. Morishima said that the Embassy will probably take lip individually at a later date cases involving the disposition of machine tools purchased under old contracts, the title to which had passed to the Japanese Government or to Japanese interests prior to action by this Government which has resulted in the rejection of applications for export licenses.