Office of the Historian

893.00/10196: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Perkins) to the Secretary of State

Peking, September 1, 1928—1 p.m.
[Received September 1—12:15 p.m.]

674. General Pai Tsung-hsi86 called today on diplomatic representatives and stated that he had received orders from General Chiang to proceed against the Chihli-Shantung remnant troops in northeastern Chihli. He expects to conclude his operations within the month and to be neither assisted nor opposed by Mukden. He assured me that every protection would be given to American lives and property. I am informing the commander in chief.

Perkins
  1. Military leader of Kwangsi troops, allied with Nationalist forces.↩