893.102 Tientsin/497
The British Embassy to the Department of State
His Majesty’s Ambassador in Tokyo is taking steps to bring the negotiations with the Japanese Government to a conclusion on the basis of the withdrawal by the Japanese of their currency demands [Page 240] and the sealing of the silver in Tientsin in its present location “until the end of hostilities or agreement between the parties concerned whichever is the shorter”.
Washington
, August 28, 1939.