PACIFIC RELATIONS

In continuation of S.3987 [1], the print forwarded to you by the
Dominions Office this week contains a record of an interview on
7th
June between the Secretary of State [2] and the Japanese
Ambassador [3] on the subject of the proposed Pacific Pact. [4]The
Ambassador said that he thought his Government would have no
objection in principle to such a pact but that they might regard
its negotiation as a little premature at this time. The first
necessity, in his judgement, was to seek to improve relations with
other Powers in the Pacific, and more especially with the United
Kingdom Government. From such an improvement a Pacific Pact would
flow naturally.