The Archive · 1941

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the letter, dated June 3, was made wailable by' the Embassy, presumably for general cieeularzation because of Concluding paragraph: "You are iwelzome to show this Teller to any 'Mee Grow, In his letter, cited the tutes! Gallip Institute of Public Opinion poll. which said that 68. per cent of American families with tien fof fighting age favour entry Into. the var in the event it appeared certain That there' was no other way of de-{eating Germany and 85 per cent, of the American people, believed that America would enter the war before "ose, you will admit, are. sub stantial." percentages "of public aninion," Mir. Grow wrote, Continuing his. letter, Mr, Grow slated that "Tam glad to note In Sour recommendation that our coun y'shoutd promote n conference for just peace and equitable world order, You do. not recommend. the moment at which such action should taken, "sin other words, T assume you woul not wish the Ualled States to promote such a conference until the time comes when wich conference could be. held with some hope Success in achieving a Just peace and equitable world order,"

Conference Futile fi, Grow. said that from all evidence available, the futility falling. such' a. conference at present var "mathematically certain. 'The 'Ambaseador, as reasons for this view, charged. that Germany has prepared the way for and set in motion five Ware in the Test three-quarters of 9 century, "He concluded that the Ger~ man Empire, as now constituted, Not salina' with a. just. peace and equitable. world order ana that. pre~ paration for and waging of war is one

it her fundamental" coneepls hold no' brief for the Versailles porce nor for the shortasighled way In which the statesmen of Europe dealt with Germany after the last war but my point Is that Germany Uvroughout history has not been satls—fied "with any kind of peace, however favourable {0 her own me forests."

Asserting that the Nazis have made promise after promise, but have not kept any, and that Chancellor Adolf Hitler "Yepeatedly threatened the Western Hemisphere and the United States after achieving complete domination of Europe, Mr, Grow said that under the present circumstances Just peace is impossible, believe that this is our war ai share' the opinions of 70% per cent, of our people (as announced in the "Fortunc" poll) that we are already the war even though we are not Liewlenant-General Yoshitsugu tekawa, Japanese Ambassador 10 Moscow, and M. Anaslas Ivanovitch Mikoyan, Soviet Foreign Trade Commissar, initialled the agreement yesterday. the announcement added.

The negotiations covered both exchange of goods and payments thereof between Japan and the USSR. Negotiations were started last Feb-vary 17.

"Owing to the conciliatory spirit fon both sides, the negotiations had favourable progress and on June 1, Gen. K. Doihara Takes Aviation Command Tokyo, June 9.

General Kenji Doihara today was appointed—_ Inspector-General of military aviation, replacing Licut.-Gen, Hobun Yamashita, who at present is visiting Italy and Germany as head of' the Japanese military Gen. Dothara, who also is a member of the Supreme War Council, was appointed to Succeed' Gen. Yamashita because of his wide experience and reputation in army circles fas one of the keenest visioned generals in the service and owing to the urgent necessity of strengthening Japan's air force and aerial defence, Japanese sources sald.—United the necessary. steps were taken for ing upon the texts of the two agreements," the statement added United Press.

Moscow Announcement Moscow, June 12.

'Tass, the official news agency yesterday' announced initialling of the drafts of two agreements between Japan and Soviet Russia covering wade matters Since February 17 this year, negotiations here have been conduct ed between the Peoples Commissar for Foreign Trade of the USSR, M, Anastas Mikoydn, and the Japan: ego Ambassador 19 the USSR, Lieutenant-General "Yoshitsugu Tate: Kawa, with the view of conclusion of a trade agreement, as well as an agreement ~on trade turnover and payments, between the USSR. and Japan," Tass stated.

"The negotiations proceeded smoothly und ina spirit of mutual concession. On June 1 this. year, Ney resulted tu initialling of" the draft of the above two agreements."

Under the treaty Japan will export raw silk, silk cocoons, machines, Instruments, camphor oil merchandise and. will et roloum products. mai platinum, fertilizer and idise:—-United Press, The ¥, 60,009,000 annual "We should not sit quietly by in the airecastle of our present welfare and contentment, watching (his cancer spread and! living in the short sighted and surely unjustified hope that we ourselves can escape Its ravages unless we help to extirpate it once and for all from the body politic of the world at large," Mr. Grew concluded—United Press,

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