the Japanese conception of a universal peace under which there would be no conquest, no oppression, no exploitation of any and all peoples, and, once determined, I need hardly tell Your Excellency, will be carried out with resolution but with utmost circumspection, taking in every detail of changing circumstances. I am, believe me, your Excellency’s obedient servant: Yosuke Matsuoka. His Excellency the Right Honourable Winston Churchill. P. S. I am going to wire the contents of this letter from Manchouli to Tokyo with direction to transmit them to Your Excellency through our Ambassador at London.