[Secret]
From: Washington
To: Tokyo
11 November 1941
(Purple-CA)
#1074
Re
your #762*
After
my conversation with the President, I told Hull that as the situation is
urgent, I would like to meet him the same evening or this morning, and go on
with concrete discussion. He replied that they understand fully our need of
haste, that, as a matter of fact both yesterday after our conversation and
today, although it is the 11th and the Armistice holiday, he would gather those
concerned and give study to our proposal, and that it would facilitate the
negotiations to have our discussion tomorrow the 12th after hearing their
opinions.
As
for a conjecture regarding the success or failure of the negotiations, I will .
. . . after getting their opinions in tomorrow's interview.
24711
JD-1: 6453 (F) Navy Trans. 11-13-41 (7)
*JD-1: 6415 (S.I.S. #24653).
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)