File No. 763.72115/3357
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( MacMurray)
The British Embassy here informs the Department that the representatives in Peking of the Allied Governments excepting the Belgian Minister sent to their Governments a telegram recommending the adoption of a proposal made by China to intern about 120 enemy subjects in a temple about 40 miles from Peking. The British Government is prepared to accept the proposal. When these Ministers excepting the Belgian are advised that their Governments have agreed to the proposal you are instructed to inform the Chinese Government that the American Government also agrees to it.