793.94/7465: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:03 p.m.]
192. Embassy’s 186, November 29, 4 p.m. and 189, November 30, 4 p.m. The Japanese troops in the 10 trains which arrived at Shanhaikwan according to American military authorities yet trained [detrained?] there according to the same source and none have yet moved westward insofar as is known. They further report that the troops which recently arrived in the Tientsin area from Shankaikwan have now been assigned to the Tientsin garrison although prior to this movement they belonged to the Kwantung Army. The report that the Japanese military at Tientsin requested November 30 the Tientsin Bureau of Public Safety to prepare billets for three full divisions is believed to be correct but is not yet confirmed.
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- According to an official intimately concerned, the Japanese military at Tientsin have requested the Peining Railway officials to cease telegraphic communications to the National Government on political and technical phases of the North China situation.
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- According to Chinese officials Ho Ying-chin is proceeding to Paoting prior to coming to Peiping and the Governor of Fukien and Yin Tung who were accompanying him have arrived at Tientsin.
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- In the opinion of Chinese officials in Tientsin and Peiping, Sung will not give in to Japanese pressure prior to the arrival here of Ho.
Repeated to Nanking and Tokyo.