Yesterday the USS Panay was strafed and bombed by Japanese forces near Nanking China where offensives were taking place. It sank in the Yangzte River.
Japanese Foreign Minister Koki Hirota expressed "profoundest apologies" today for the sinking of the gunboat.
The Foreign Minister called on US Ambassador, Joseph C. Grew, to convey the Japanese Government's regrets. Mr. Grew said he had visited the Foreign Office this morning, before he had received the news of the sinking of the Panay, and had told Mr. Hirota that shells were falling near US ships.
The Ambassador had expressly asked the Japanese vessels and aircraft use caution.
News of the Panay incident was suppressed in Japan.
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