Office of the Historian

393.11/1972: Telegram

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

Nanking, August 4, 1937—3 p.m.
[Received August 4—8:40 a.m.]

370. My 369, August 4, 2 p.m.39 Following sent Tientsin and repeated to Peiping and Hankow:

“August 4, 2 p.m. Your August 3, 3 p.m.40 and August 3, 4 p.m.,39 are being repeated to Hankow. Please furnish list of Americans and places of residence contained in your August 3, 4 p.m., and any others in your district concerning whose safety you may be in doubt to Japanese Consul General for information of Japanese military and with request that military take note thereof with a view to the protection of their lives and property in places where Japanese may be active.”

Johnson
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Vol. iii, p. 316.↩
  3. Not printed.↩