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Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III

77 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

77
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Prime Minister of New Zealand

2 December 1941

My telegram of 1 December, last paragraph.

The following telegram has been received from Lord Halifax with reference to the meeting of Japanese representatives with the Secretary of State this morning (Monday):

‘1. Hull telephoned that he had seen the Japanese, who had not received any instructions from Tokyo. They had reverted to one or two points in their own interim proposals and Hull reported himself as having spoken very stiffly to them and put them on the defensive.

‘2. He reminded them that [group mutilated – previously?] he had said the United States Government were unable to meet them on three important points of their proposals which covered—

(a)

the stopping of aid to China;

(b)

giving them some oil

(c)

the retention in Indo-China of more than a token number of troops.’

Lord Halifax added that, when he telephoned, Mr Hull had not yet seen the President, but expected a United States Cabinet meeting to be held later in the day.