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The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
Peking, December 12,
1928—5 p.m.
[Received December 12—2:25 p.m.]
[Received December 12—2:25 p.m.]
870. Legation’s 854, December 3, 4 p.m. Following from Canton:
“December 12, 10 a.m. Standard Oil Company lighters released yesterday afternoon on written assurance from me that company ‘would be held to strict accountability under any decision reached through due process of law’.
Lighters and cargoes were held exactly two months and, in my opinion, would never have been released if Marshal Li had not returned. Despatch follows.”
MacMurray