Press Release Issued by the Department of State on June 3, 1938
Excerpt from press conference record. Not to be quoted, but may be used in third person as having been said by the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles.
The American Government has observed with gratification the steps which the Japanese Government has taken. There remain of course other questions which need to be taken care of. There is the question of the return to the American owners of the property of the University of Shanghai in the Yangtzepoo district of Shanghai. There is the question of other American properties in the lower Yangtze Valley. There is the question of removal of obstacles to the return of American missionaries to their properties in places other than Nanking. There is the question of the return of American businessmen [Page 769] to their properties in Nanking and in other places in the lower Yangtze Valley. This Government is confident that the Japanese Government will promptly take appropriate action with regard to these matters.