793.94/9119a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China ( Johnson )
Washington
, August 2,
1937—noon.
125. Please telegraph immediately your estimate of probability of extension of military operations to points south of Peiping and Tientsin where American nationals are located; also, your thought on the subject of the possible advisability of advising to our nationals evacuation from points likely to be involved of women and children.
Hull