Cablegram unnumbered 22 March 1939,
SECRET
Please convey the following to Colonel Lloyd. [1]
Desire you furnish immediately any references or brief extracts of anti- Australian sentiment without relation to provocative acts by Australia made or published in Japan recently. Consul-General Japan [2] is protesting against anti-Japanese attitude here and alleges no statements made in Japan without provocation such as embargo on iron-ore or boycott of scrap iron, etc.
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1 Lt Cot E.E. Longfield Lloyd, Australian Government Commissioner in Japan.
2 Torao Wakamatsu.
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[AA: A981, JAPAN 101, ii]