393.1115/3347: Telegram
The First Secretary of Embassy in China (Salisbury) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, July 5, 1938—7
p.m.
[Received 8:10 p.m.]
[Received 8:10 p.m.]
422. In view of reports of activities of irregulars or guerrillas in the area west of the railway from Tientsin to Shanhaikwan, it is suggested that you bring to the attention of the appropriate authorities the presence of American citizens at mission stations along the railway as well as the large summer colony of American citizens at Peitaiho, and request that provision be made for their full protection.
Sent to Tientsin. Repeated to the Department, Embassy [at] Hankow for the Ambassador.
Salisbury