[Secret]
From: Tokyo
To: Washington
December 4, 1941
Purple (Urgent)
#891
To
be handled in Government Code.
Re
your #1256 [a].
What
you say in your telegram is, of course, true, but at present it would be a very
delicate matter to give any more explanations than set forth in my #875 [b]. I
would advise against it because unfortunate results might follow, so please
reply in accordance with my afore-mentioned message.
Army 25731 Trans. 12-4-41 (S)
JD-7105
[a] Not available.
[b] S.I.S. #25725
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)