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chauffeur to open it himself* The Minister then drove to the Foreign
Office and told Kiuchi of the incident; Kiuchi said, " Mais c'est
tris grave." He telephoned to the police headquarters, but GorgŁ
insisted on a Foreign Office official accompanying him. The police
maintained the same attitude even in the presence of the official
and the chauffeur had to get out and open the gate himself. I ain
glad that the official saw it. This may be due merely to the attitude
of one policeman, but it is more likely a studied insult, either because
they think that the Minister comes too often or because they are
angry at our protest in the Fujimotp case. Gorg6 was, of course,
very angry and nettled, as it was a direct insult to him. Just one
more indignity, and we in the Embassy are powerless.

March 30, 1942

Kase came to see me with a piece of lamb and some oranges from
a high Japanese official and friend. 1 talked to Kase of the Fujimoto
case and other indignities inflicted on us by the police, hoping that
he would repeat my remarks to Togo.

Dr. Amano, the wife, came to the Embassy and gave us all our first
inoculations for typhoid and paratyphoid.

March 31, 1942

The Swiss Minister. The Japanese Government has proposed to
our Government that we leave for Lourengo Marques on or about
April 25, via Shanghai, Saigon, and probably Singapore, arriving
there on May 20. The ship will accommodate about 1100 passengers,
and as there will be about 500 officials, that will leave room for
approximately 600 non-officials, which Gorg6 suggests might be
divided roughly to include the 100 non-officials in Indo-China and
Thailand and 250 each from Japan and China. The Japanese hope
that the American evacuation ship will arrive at Lourengo Marques
at the same time.

PLANS FOR DEPARTURE STILL MISFIRE

April i, 1942

I called a meeting of the full staff to-day and told them of the
Japanese proposal for our evacuation from Japan on or about April 25,
the Japanese evacuation ship to stop at Shanghai and Saigon to
pick up other evacuees and to arrive at Louren$o Marques about
May 20, This communication gave great encouragement to all and
everyone's spirits rose immediately. The proposal, alas, did not go
through.

April 5,. 1942

We held an Easter seivice in the chancery, with several of the Easter

, hymns and music by Jones, piano, Tiso and Mrs. Playfair, violins,

and Miss Williams, flute. I also read the lesson from St. John* We