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      direction of military domination by force along the lines Of 
      the proposed statement such as you and I had discussed. The statement 
      I made to him was no less vigorous than and was substantially 
            similar to the statement we had discussed.      
 
                                                            
 
 
The Ambassador renewed the request made by him to the Secretary 
      of State in regard to the resumption of conversations. I replied 
      by reviewing the Japanese Government's action in actively pursuing 
      a course of conquest and in inspiring the Japanese press to attack 
      this Government. I dwelt on the principles of peaceful, lawful 
      and just international relations which this Government has emphasized 
      and I suggested that if the Japanese Government is prepared to 
      embark upon a peaceful program this Government would be prepared 
      to resume the exploratory conversations and that before undertaking 
      the resumption of those conversations we felt that it would be 
      helpful to have a clear statement of the Japanese Government's 
                       attitude and plans.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
The Japanese Ambassador said that he would communicate what 
      I had told him to his Government. UNQUOTE