CJ                             
 
                                                            
 
 
This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated 
                         to anyone. (SC)                    
 
                                                            
 
 
                    Secretary of State,                     
 
                                                            
 
 
                        Washington.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
                 5770, November 30, 4 p.m.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
                           London                           
 
                                                            
 
 
                  Dated November 30, 1941                   
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Recorded 1:28 p.m.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
 PERSONAL AND - FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM FORMER NAVAL PSRSON. 
 
                                                            
 
 
"It seems to me that one important method remains unused 
      in averting war between Japan and our two countries, namely a 
      plain declaration, secret or public as may be thought best, that 
      any further act of aggression by Japan will lead immediately 
      to the gravest consequences. I realize your constitutional difficulties 
      but it would be tragic if Japan drifted into war by encroachment 
      without having before her fairly and squarely the dire character 
      of a further aggressive step. I beg you to consider whether, 
      at the moment which you judge right which may be very near, you 
      should not say that "any further Japanese aggression would 
      compel you to place the gravest issues before Congress" 
      or words to that