File No. 763.72/5206
The Minister in China ( Reinsch) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 8, 1.55 p.m.]
Your telegram March 26, 4 p.m.1 Though United States is not formally party to the agreement excluding Chinese troops from Tientsin because not at the time represented by military commander there, yet we are now cooperating in the protection of Mukden Railway and, therefore, I beg to request your instructions whether, in order not [?] to avoid danger of conflicts, the exclusion of Chinese troops from the two unlikely [protective?] zones along railway, guarded by foreign troops, may be enforced by us jointly with other powers.