[Secret]
 
From: Tokyo
To: Washington
21 November 1941
(Purple)
#811
 

In case you use Proposal "B"* for an agreement, as an introductory paragraph please tentatively incorporate the following draft:

 

"The Imperial Japanese Government and the Government of the United States of America, impelled by their strong desire of preserving peace in the Pacific, and recognizing the vital importance of a frank expression on the part of both countries of a sincere determination to embrace peaceful methods, declare it as their mutual understanding that:"

 
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JD-1: 6688                               (M) Navy Trans. 11-22-41 (S-TT)
 
*JD-1: 6250 (S.I.S. #24338).
 

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(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)