793.94/2045: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
Washington, October 12, 1931—1
p.m.
389. Your 738, October 10, 6 p.m. Instruct Mukden promptly to inform the Department of any new developments bearing upon the statement of the Japanese Consulate General reported in last sentence of Mukden’s telegram of October 10, 11 a.m. to the Legation, or upon any other phase of the question, and to take no new steps in relation to this matter without first informing the Department and requesting instructions; also to transmit a full report by mail despatch.
Stimson