Cablegram 26 LONDON, 25 June 1940
FOR CASEY
Cable to Lothian No. 1262. [1] I always have felt and still feel that it is imperative that we, in conjunction with the United States, should pursue a positive instead of a negative policy with Japan down the lines indicated when I saw Halifax in November [2] and sketched in letter to Officer December 12th. [3] Am apprehensive that action has been left too late but something may be accomplished if we move quickly enough. [4]
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1 On file AA: A3300, 9.
2 See Documents on Australian Foreign Policy 1937-49, vol. II, Document 363.
3 ibid., Document 416.
4 Bruce repeated this cablegram to Canberra as no. 474.
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[AA: A3300, 9]