Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The Far East, Volume IV

393.1115/2703: Telegram

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

Shanghai, January 28, 1938—11 a.m.
[Received January 29—7:55 a.m.]

157, Reference Hankow’s January 27, 5 p.m.,³⁷ Japanese military and naval authorities here have been requested to issue instructions to safeguard American citizens proceeding from Hankow to Canton and Hong Kong on February 5.

Sent to American Consul, Hankow.

Repeated to Tokyo.

Gauss

37. Not printed.