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Chapter III: July 26–August 13, 1937

Further armed clashes, Japanese demands for Chinese troop evacuation of Peiping–Tientsin area; Chinese military withdrawal from Peiping–Tientsin area; China’s determination to resist continuing Japanese aggression, July 29–30; Chinese Ambassador’s inquiry of Secretary of State as to possible invocation of 1922 treaty relating to China; Chinese Finance Minister’s suggestions of U.S. aid to China, August 6; Chinese warning against use by Japanese armed forces of Shanghai International Settlement, August 8; shooting incident near Hungjao military air field at Shanghai, August 9; American offer of good offices at Tokyo, August 10; proposal by foreign powers to exclude Shanghai from area of hostilities between Chinese and Japanese, August 11; interview of foreign Ambassadors with Generalissimo Chiang; Japanese reply to foreign proposal, August 13

Original telegram not received; duplicate sent upon report of missing orifirinal.↩

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume III

Chapter III: July 26–August 13, 1937

[417] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[418] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) to the Secretary of State

[419] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck)

[420] The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss)

[421] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[422] The Consul General at Canton (Linnell) to the Secretary of State

[423] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State

[424] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[425] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[426] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[427] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[428] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[429] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[430] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[431] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[432] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[433] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[434] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[435] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[436] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[437] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[438] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[439] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[440] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[441] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[442] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[443] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

[444] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Second Secretary of Legation in Canada (Key)