861.77/2170c: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Harvey)

405. Following is the substance of a memorandum handed yesterday to the Chinese Minister at Washington. Inform Embassy, Paris, by mail.

[Here follows summary of memorandum to the Chinese Legation printed supra.]

Inform Foreign Office and suggest that the British Minister at Peking be instructed to support this view with the Chinese Government. The American representatives at Peking and Tokyo are being instructed to advise their British colleagues.

Hughes