740.0011 Pacific War/1002
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
[Washington,] December 5, 1941.
The British Ambassador called at my apartment by his request.
He said he had a message from Eden, head of the British Foreign Office, setting forth the British view that the time has now come for immediate cooperation with the Dutch East Indies by mutual understanding. This of course relates to the matter of defense against Japan.
I expressed my appreciation.
C[ordell] H[ull]