793.94/2018: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 9—4:26 a.m.]
734. Your 362, October 5, 3 p.m. The Consul General at Nanking telegraphed on October 8, 1 p.m., that T. V. Soong was at Shanghai, but the Department’s message was delivered orally and informally to Acting Foreign Minister Lee by Peck. Lee seemed somewhat reassured and stated that he would inform the special diplomatic commission, the members of which have responsibility and authority in this matter. Peck stressed to Lee the confidential nature of the message and added that popular anti-Japanese feeling was growing still more intense.