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Announcements of' tho Fore.ign Off'icft Concerning
the Lady Pird and the Panay Incidents (Dec., 14)
Regar~ing the bombing and sinking i ncident or the Panay,
an American gunboat. along with three American merchantmen,
Foreign Minister HI~0TA immediately callea on Ur. Grew,
Amerioan Ambassador re s irlent in Toltie• and expressed regret
on behalf' of the Ja oaneso Governm'!lnt on
o,.,c
13.
At the same time he sent a tele ~ram to Ambassa d or SAITO
in tho United States instructing him to take si~~lar step••
On Deo. 14 ho sent Ambassador Grew.th~ I moerial Governments'
oft'ioial note of apology.
Further in the United States
Ambassador SAITO called on Secretary of State Eull
on
Deo. 13
and expressed sincere re g rets aooording to instruetions
from the Imperial Gov,.,rnment.
The Se cretary of State
thereupon stated that althou gh h~ made it a rule to
handle all int~rnationel a~r.airs with restraint and to
obtain results, he had b~~n unable to c~ntain his alarms at
the Panay Incident.
Th~ c~se
has already been roportod • to
the Presid,., nt wh ~ ha s 9lso shown great oonoarn ov~r the matter .
Conc,.,rning the incident wherq our Imp~r i al troops Pired a
volley or small arms rire a~dinst th9 ~ riti s h gunboat
"Lady Bird" at ~uhu, For~ign Minister H!R0TA im ~edia tely
calle~ on British Amba ssador Crai r,ie reside~t in Tokyo on
the artArnoon of De•• 13 and, reoreeenting the Imperial
Government, expressed de"lp regret for tho outbreak or this
untor tunate affair.
It was "urther discovered on D,.,o. 14th
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that besides the abovo name d gu nboat, the British gunboat
"Pee" at Wuhu a nd tw~ oth ~ r British gunboats the "Cricket"
and the "~callop"
at Nankin g had also be ~ n fired upon so
on the same day, FJROTA ,
r eo res e ntin g the Imperial Government,
sent an of~icial note rf a n olo gy a d dre ss~ d to Ambassador
Crai g ie.
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CE R T I F I CA T
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State"Tl6nt of Source and Au ght nticity
I, ODC, Nasaharu, Assistant Chief of the ArchiT"s
Section, Ja panese Foreign Office, he r eby certify that the
document he~eto attached i n Jaoanese consisting of
and ontitled "Statement
rf'
2
oage e
the Foreign ('ff'ioe re r,arding the
Incidents of Ladybird and Panay, December 14, 193 7 ."
is an ex,ot and true co ov of an off'icial d ocum.,nt of' 't he
Ja oanese ?oreign Off'ice .
Cortified at Tokyo,
on this 30th
day of Docamber 1 9 46.
Na ga ha ru ODC'
Signaturo of Official
Witnee~s
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Ishida
I, Yukio Kawamoto , of the Dof'l ns6 Language Branch,
her aby certify that the fore going tr an slation descri be d in
the abovc> certificato is, to tho bast of my lcnowlad ge and
beli~f, a corr~c t translation and is as n~ ar as possible to
th,, meaning of tho original docum9nt.
/s/ Yutio Kawamoto
Tokyo, Japan
Date 29 Jan•. 1947
Announcements of tho Foroign orric'l d oncqrning
the "La~ y Bird" and "Panay" Incidents (Doc. 14)
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CE R T I F I CA T
State 'Tl ~nt
~
of Source and Au ghtntioity
1, . 0D0, Nasaharu, Assistant Chief of the ArchiY~s
Section, Japanese Foreign Office, hereby certify that the
document he~eto attached in Jaoanese cons i sting of
and ontitled "Statement
r f'
2
oage s
the Foreign 0rr1ce re ~arding the
Incidents of Ladybird and Panay, December 14, 193 7 ."
is an exaot and true
OC'IOV
of an off'icial docum.,nt of' •the
Jaryanese 'oreign ('lff'ice.
Cortified at Tokyo,
on this 30th
day of Docamber 1 9 46.
Naga h aru ODCI
Signaturo of Official
Witnes~•
~.
Ishida
,
..
I, Yukio Kawamoto, of' the Def? ns6 Lan guage Branch,
hereby certify that tha foregoing translation described in
the abov<l certit'icato is, to tho bllst of my \cnowla dge an'd
beli~f, a corr? ot translation and h as n~ ar as possible to
th~ meaning or tho original docum9nt .
/s/ Yutio Kawamoto
Tokyo, Ja!)an
Date 29 Jan•. 1947
Announcements of tho Foroign orric~ donoqrning
the "La<'ly Bird" and "Panay" Incidents (Doo . 14)
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