[Secret]
From: Tokyo
To: Washington
November 22, 1941.
Purple (CA) (Urgent)
#817
Re
your #1144. [a]
I
take it that the "B" plan which you proposed on the 20th included the
second clause of (5) relative to moving troops from southern to northern French
Indo-China, and left out (6) concerning non-discrimination in commerce and (7)
the Tri-Partite Treaty. Am I right? Wire me back just as soon as you get this
whether or not the Americans took any particular note of the fact that you left
out (6) and (7).
Army #25212 Trans. 11-25-41 (S)
*S.I.S. #25137-Ambassador NOMURA says Secretary HULL has expressed no noteworthy differences of opinion except with regard to China. He said that so long as it is not made clear that Japan is turning toward a peaceful policy, it will be impossible to stop aiding CHIANG.
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)