Office of the Historian

893.73/133a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the First Secretary of Embassy in China (Salisbury), at Peiping

Washington, April 11, 1938—3 p.m.

103. Reference Tsingtao’s monthly political report for January, 1938,93 page 15, which states that “telegrams despatched from Tsingtao must be in the Japanese language”.

If this regulation is still in effect, it is suggested that you instruct the Consul at Tsingtao to consult with interested colleagues on the advisability of making informal representations to the appropriate authorities to the end that the telegraph administration accept for transmission telegrams in the English language.

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