Cablegram 7 17 December 1940,
SECRET
Repeated to Washington No. 247.
For your personal information. Japanese Consul-General [1]
yesterday communicated on instructions from Japanese Government
name of Mr. Tatsuo Kawai as person it is proposed to appoint
Japanese Minister in Australia. Name is now being submitted for
approval of King.
[AA:A981, JAPAN 120, i]