893.00/10077: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Extract]
Peking, June 12,
1928—8 p.m.
[Received June 13—9:55 a.m.]
[Received June 13—9:55 a.m.]
458. My No. 404 [444], June 10, 1 a.m. [p.m.] General Yen Hsi-shan arrived here yesterday and took up his headquarters at the Ministry of War as garrison commander of the Peking-Tientsin area. Proclamation issued by Yen states that he assumes full responsibility for the maintenance of law and order, and for the protection of both Chinese and foreign lives and property. …
MacMurray