[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)