[Secret]
From: Tokyo (Toyoda)
To: Washington
October 4, 1941
Purple (CA)
#637
Re
your #890[a].
Please
(make sure?) immediately and suitably the following points:
1.
Since the United States Government wishes to get our explanations regarding the
fundamentals before entering upon the Japanese-American negotiations,
theoretically speaking, as soon as we have satisfied it with our explanation we
should be reaching the stage of actually opening the negotiations. As to the
details of these fundamentals, we have already exchanged our views and so they
should be clear. Now that only those points which the United States Government
has pointed out remain difficult of agreement (namely, economic activity in the
Pacific; withdrawal as well as stationing of troops, and the question of the
Three-Power agreement), would it be all right for us to assume that the United
States Government has a clear comprehension of the other points?
2.
Now, as to the approval the Premier has given to the four basic principles, he
has merely approved of them in principle. In other words, although in principle
he considers them good, there may be differences of opinions when it comes to
actually applying these four principles. The Premier stated that he would like
to consider these differences at the time of the negotiations. In fact, it is
on the presumption of doing so that we have been managing affairs domestically.
Since this matter is of a delicate nature in its bearing upon the internal
situation, I would like to have you see to it that the United States Government
has no misunderstanding of it.
Army 23118 Trans. 10/6/41 (X)
[a] See S.I.S. #23101-#23109 inclusive and #23115-23116, inclusive. Text
of American Government's statement to the Japanese Government.
(EXHIBITS
OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)