[Secret]
From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo
October 2, 1941
(Purple-CA)
#889
At
Secretary HULL's invitation, I called on him at nine o'clock this morning. He
handed me the reply of the United States Government which I have given in the
separate telegram #890 [a] and said that it is the opinion of the United States
Government that a conference of the leaders of the two governments would be a
precarious affair unless a (complete?) understanding could be arrived at
thereby and that if peace is to be maintained all over the Pacific, a
"patch-up" understanding would not do, but a "clear-cut"
understanding would have to be made. I remarked that the Japanese Government
will, no doubt, be very much disappointed in such a reply but that in any case
I would transmit it.
Army 23001 Trans. 10/3/41 (7)
[a] Not available.
(EXHIBITS
OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)