Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message.

• 事实上，在日本空军部队开始对美国的瓦胡岛轰炸一小时后，日本驻美大使及其同僚才向美国国务卿递交了对近期美国给日本政府的一份函件的正式回复。