711.942/381: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
403. Tour 686, December 18, 6 p.m. The Department is sending you in a separate telegram (No. 402 of December 18, 2 p.m.34) which was prepared prior to the receipt of your telegram under reference a statement of the position of this Government in regard to the subject of entering upon negotiation of a commercial treaty or agreement to replace the 1911 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation. Please study the statement in the light of the proposal which has been made to you by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and give the Department the benefit of any comments which you may feel are called for. The Department is studying your telegram and will expect after receiving the further details mentioned in your numbered paragraph 3 to give you further instructions.