893.102S/2234: Telegram
The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 2—8:40 a.m.]
773. Shanghai’s 856, August 31, 6 p.m., paragraph numbered 2. If no reply to my representations of August 27 is received by me from the Minister for Foreign Affairs within the next few days, I think it would be appropriate to seek a further interview with the Minister under instructions and to bring to his attention the urgency of an early amiable and equitable settlement of the sector controversy with special reference to paragraph numbered 3, third and fourth sentences, of Shanghai’s 856, to the effect that the active duty status of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps is already becoming a burden to the employers of the volunteers. This would at least afford an opportunity to ascertain possible developments in connection with the avowed intention of the Minister to assist towards a settlement and would convey a further indication that we are not disposed to accept a long continuance of the present situation.
I shall await further precise instructions.
Repeated to Shanghai, Chungking, Peiping and Tsingtao for Commander-in-Chief.