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...President talked with Japanese Ambassador Nomura, received from him a note from Premier-Prince Konoye...
...morning last week Japan's Ambassador to Washington, tall, one-eyed Admiral Nomura, called on President Roosevelt at the White House. He carried with him a letter to the President from Premier Prince Konoye. Prince Konoye wanted the President to discuss with Admiral Nomura the "thoroughgoing settlement" of Japan's differences with...
...minutes Admiral Nomura worked his blandishments on the President, while Secretary of State Cordell Hull fingered his pince-nez ribbon. When the Admiral emerged, he flashed a smile at reporters, twirled a grey fedora in his brown hands. Then he stepped into his limousine...
Back at his embassy, Admiral Nomura discovered he had walked off with Judge Hull's hat, left his own. A messenger was hastily dispatched to the State Department to exchange hats. It was all right: Cordell Hull had carried the Admiral's hat away, had not noticed the difference. He was too busy meditating on the Admiral's message, wondering how to deal with a Japan which had all at once become embarrassingly friendly...
...Said moonfaced, bespectacled Ambassador Nomura: "The gap between the positions of Japan and the U.S. must be bridged. It will be folly of the worst kind otherwise...