Office of the Historian

893.102 Tientsin/688: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, June 19, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received June 19—7:20 a.m.]

472. Our 460, June 18, 5 p.m.34 The British Ambassador has just informed me that he and the Minister for Foreign Affairs signed the notes for the settlement of the Tientsin incident this afternoon at 3 p.m. Work on the removal of the barricades has been proceeding this past week but cannot be completed until 6 p.m., tomorrow night. At that time the Japanese have assured Craigie that all of the street barriers will be removed. The electric wire barrier will be removed gradually.

Repeated to Peiping. Peiping please repeat to Tientsin.

Grew
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