[Secret]
From: Tokyo
To: Washington
19 November 1941
(Purple-CA)
#800
Re
my #799*
Re
paragraph 1 of my #781**.
Southeast
Asia and the South Pacific includes the Netherlands East Indies and Thai, but
does not include China. Re item 2 of paragraph 3. All the main items shall be
considered and settled by the two governments before signatures are affixed to
this agreement. Please bear in mind that paragraph 4 means the cessation of all
help to Chiang Kai-shek by the United States.
Re
paragraph 5. Article 2 (my #801***) is an important concession we venture to
make for the sake of speeding the conclusion of the agreement.
Re
paragraph 6. We could not agree to the principle of no discrimination in trade
being applied only to China, as I have stated in my #784****.
Re
paragraph 7, item 2, the explanation of our attitude ( _ _ _ self-defense _ _ _ ) in the event of the
United States entering the. European war. _ _ _ in such a case the Empire would
_ _ _ as to whether or not there had been an attack _ _ _ the interpretation of
the provision of the Tripartite Treaty. You may make it clear that there are no
secret agreements in the Three Power Treaty. (However, you will please withhold
your explanation of this item until you see prospects of this agreement
materializing).
25036
JD-1: 6660 (F) Navy Trans. 11-20-41 (S-TT)
*JD-1: (S.I.S. #25035).
**JD-1: 6556 (S.I.S. #24373).
***JD-1: 6661 (S.I.S. #25037).
****JD-1: 6561 (S.I.S. #24880).
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)