793.94/15725: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 4—4 a.m.]
Japanese Consulate General states that military operations are to be started on Hainan Island and that for the protection of lives and property, Americans are requested to evacuate by March 5 Nodoa to Tanhsien and other coastal towns. It is further stated that American citizens have already been appropriately advised by the Japanese officer in command on the spot. Assurances are given that every facility will be given Americans to return to their homes upon the termination of military operations.
Sent to Canton, repeated to the Department, Peiping, Chungking, and Hong Kong. To Tokyo by air mail.