[Secret]
From: Washington
To: Tokyo
27 November 1941
(Purple)
#1206 (Part 4 of 4) (Parts 1, 2, and 3 previously translated)
In
the middle of our talks, Hull, with reference to the cause for the failure to
agree upon a modus vivendi, said:
"There
are other factors other than those pointed out by the President. Japan has sent
vast numbers of troops to French Indo-China with which to keep the military
powers of other countries checked. With this advantage on her side, Japan
carries in one hand, the Tripartite Pact, and in the other, the Anti-Communism
Pact. Armed with these, she demands of the United States that petroleum be made
available to her.
"It
would be absolutely impossible to reconcile the people of the United States to
granting such a demand. As I stated during our last conversations, while we
here are putting forth our best efforts in attempting to bring about peaceful
settlements of Japanese-U. S. differences, your Premier nor your Foreign
Minister nor any other influential person utters not a single word nor moves
one finger to facilitate these talks of ours. On the contrary, they insist upon
promoting the establishment of a New Order through might. This is an
exceedingly regrettable state of affairs."
Parts
1, 2, & 3 see S.I.S. 25495.
25608
JD-1: 6915 (D) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (2)
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)