761.93/171: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Crane)
340. Your 380, November 14, 6 p.m., opening sentence.32 How delicate conditions are is fully realized. It is the hope of the Department that the Government of China will refrain from making any further move liable to increase the complexity of the situation now existing.
Follow the situation closely and inform the Department without delay of any changes.
In case a favorable chance presents itself you may tell the Minister for Foreign Affairs orally and with discretion that the Government of the United States is deeply interested in conditions at Peking and is following developments with anxiety. Use your discretion as to whether or not to present this matter.
- “In a conversation [with] Foreign Minister to-day he stated Yourin had just presented further credentials and Yen felt that Chinese Government could not much longer delay beginning negotiations.” (File no. 793.94/1116.)↩