793.94/7342: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 3—7 a.m.]
114. Embassy’s 105, October 30, noon, and 113, November 2, noon. It is stated on seemingly good authority that General Shang Chen, General Sung Cheh-yuan and the Peiping branch of the Political Council have replied to the Japanese démarche, under instructions from Ho Ying-chin, with an assurance that the matter covered by the complaint would be satisfactorily adjusted; that the Council has caused the arrest of some suspects, as stated in Embassy’s 113, November 2, noon, and has issued strict instructions to suppress all anti-Japanese activities. Press reports betray that a considerable number of “Blue Shirts” actually left Peiping for the south within the last few days.
Repeated to Nanking, by mail to Tokyo and Tientsin.