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representations in regard to the situation at
Tientsin as it affected American rights and interests
there. Mention may also be made of the recent repres- entations made by this Government in regard to bombing and the many instances in which representations have been and are being made to the Japanese Government in
individual cases involving American rights and interests. The Department of State is therefore of the opinion
that, unless new developments arise in the situation
at Peiping and Tientsin, the making by this Government
at this time of an approach to the Japanese Government on the basis solely of the communiqué issued by the
military spokesman on May 6 would be likely to have
a prejudicial rather than an advantageous effect.
Department of State,
Washington, May 22nd, 1939.
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