 The instructions were only received on the evening of the next day, and the declaration of war was finally handed to the Japanese foreign minister, Shigenori Tōgō, by the Dutch ambassador, J. C. Pabst, on the morning of 10 December.The Swedish ambassador agreed to handle Dutch interests for the duration of the conflict.The Dutch declaration did not alter the Japanese decision, and the latter's declaration of war did not come until 11 January 1942.