693.002/931: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 22—10:59 a.m.]
847. Reference my No. 829, September 16, 3 p.m.,17 regarding Customs. British Ambassador informs me that it is the British and French view that it is now time to make parallel representations at Tokyo in an effort to forestall the action the Japanese contemplate shall be taken by the Wang Ching Wei Government when it is established, regarding the Inspector General of Customs. I stated that I would inform the Department and the Ambassador. If, as the Customs seem to think, there is some Japanese influence opposed to the proposal that the Inspector General should be required to accept or reject appointment by the new regime, action at this time might be desirable. It is now expected that the new government under Wang will be established in late October or early November.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping and Tokyo.
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