390.1115/12–445: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Myers) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 5—6:34 a.m.]
64. In the light of disastrous situation it is the view of Third Amphibious Corps, recently expressed to me, that American women and children should not return to North China until the situation has clarified and has improved and that American women and children still here should be repatriated.
I concur in the view expressed above in so far as American families returning to North China are concerned and feel that American women and children now ready to leave this area should be repatriated as soon as possible. I propose to endorse applications for passage from American ex-internees including their alien dependents as being in the national interest, a recent requirement for passage on Army and [Page 694] Navy operated vessels according to Shanghai’s telegram No. 31, December 1, to this office.
Urgently request Dept’s views as well as reaffirmation of visa waiver for alien dependents.
Sent to the Dept; repeated to Chungking and Shanghai.