793.94/9965: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 6—4:39 p.m.]
619. My 574 [August 31, 6 p.m.]. Reply of Minister for Foreign Affairs has now been received to the effect that river was closed because of absolute necessity of the situation, that alleged report regrets any future hardships thus resulting to shipping and nationals of friendly countries. British Embassy informs me that it appealed to Generalissimo to make it possible for British cruiser to leave river but that reply was in the negative. There seemed to me to be nothing more that we can do at this end in this matter.
Sent to the Department, Peiping, Shanghai.