893.00/6299: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 22—8:50 a.m.]
239. My 236, June 19, 8 [5] p.m. Following from consul general at Canton:
“June 21, 11 a.m. General strike and boycott against the British, Japanese and Americans has been announced and house and office employees are leaving this morning. About two-thirds American women and children have gone to Hongkong and other safer places. American senior naval officer and myself deemed it advisable to urge their departure because of extreme difficulty protecting large missionary communities in the suburbs in the event of disorders. One Japanese shot and robbed in the native city. This may have no political influence but many Japanese have entered Shameen for safety. Violent propaganda continues directed especially against the British.”