693.0023/59: Telegram
The Consul at Tientsin (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
Tientsin, September 10, 1934—10
a.m.
[Received 11:20 a.m.]
[Received 11:20 a.m.]
My August 17, 1 [3?] p.m. and subsequent mail despatches.
- 1.
- New Chinese Maritime Customs stations at Great Wall passes have been officially opened as follows: Kupeikou August 22nd; Yiyuankou August 29th; Lengkou August 30th; and Hsifengkou September 6th; Chiehlingkou will open in few days.
- 2.
- Press reports that Ministry of Finance has ordered establishment of consolidated tax offices at the passes and that “Manchukuo” passport office has been set up at Kupeikou.
- 3.
- Official Chinese sources state confidentially that Huang Fu definitely plans to return to Peiping by September 20th although he has failed to obtain transfer of General Yu Hsueh-chung who is in key position as chairman Hopei Province and Commander of 51st Army and is a forceful opponent of Japanese hegemony in North China.
- 4.
- Copy to Legation by mail.
Atcheson