[Secret]
From: Tokyo (Togo)
To: Washington
November 26, 1941
Purple (CA) (Urgent)
#830
To
both Ambassadors.
It
seems that the American newspapers think that there is a connection between the
question of withdrawing our army from French Indo-China and that of the
freezing of assets. As I have already indicated in my #798, [a] my proposal
made on the 17th, even if submitted by you, would be inadequate to meet the
situation. Our final proposal envisages an agreement on the basis of the
"B" proposal in toto (it excludes from the "B" proposal
paragraphs 6 and 7; namely, the question of non-discrimination in trade and the
question of the Three-Power Agreement, and includes, as indicated in my #816,
[b] the proposal which the United States Government made on the 12th, that is,
the question of mediation by the United States for the purpose of establishing
peace between Japan and China as contained in our Proposal "B"), and
so the acceptance of this proposal is the most that we can expect. In view of
the fact that time is getting short with but few days left this month, I would
like to have you at once contact the United States authorities again and do
your utmost in getting them to accept our proposal.
I
need not suggest the following, for you, no doubt, have already thought of it.
I would like to have you make full use of influential Americans about whom you
have wired me in the past and put pressure on the United States authorities
indirectly as well.
Army 25790 Trans. 12-5-41 (6)
[a] S.I.S. #25040 which states that no further concessions can be made and if the U. S. does not consent to Proposal B the negotiations will have to be broken off.
[b] S.I.S. #25175. If the U. S. accepts Proposal B, Japan will have no objection to letting Pres. ROOSEVELT act as mediator between Japan and China.
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)