My telegram No. 94 to Canberra, 21 to London. [2]

Having seen press reports of German advice to Tokyo that Germany
was not interested in Netherlands East Indies problem and heard
that my Netherlands colleague [3] regarded this as giving Japan
the all-clear signal, I enquired this morning views of State
Department. Mr. Hornbeck [4] informed me that the more jingoistic
Japanese press is interpreting this as a signal for Japanese
action, but State Department believes that Japan will not make a
move until they are assured of German success in Europe made [sic]
it quite safe. Mr. Sumner Welles [5] assured Lord Lothian [6] last
evening that United States had no intention of moving fleet from
Hawaii to Atlantic although two heavy cruisers might be detached
to patrol United States coast and South America. [7]