393.1121 Kanady, Dilmus/7–1249: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 12—9:24 a. m.]
2719. Consulate General has sent memorandum to Foreign Affairs Bureau re case American citizen Dilmus Kanady arrested June 27 result minor traffic incident June 26. He was given 48–hour jail sentence by police commissioner apparently without evidence or hearing of any sort. No appeal permitted. Sentence served in small cell without furniture or sanitary facilities.
Memorandum to Foreign Affairs Bureau recites reported facts and inquires if Kanady received trial or given right to appeal.
Sent Department 2719, repeated Nanking 1528.