861.77/2331a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Warren)
205. Repeat following to Caldwell:47
Having regard to rumors that the Chita government threatens seizure of the Chinese Eastern to prevent international control, you may intimate to the appropriate authorities informally and unofficially that any measures of international supervision or control which may be decided upon will have for their purpose, as heretofore, a conservation of the legal status of the railway and its ultimate return to those in interest without an impairing of any existing rights.
Repeat to Peking as Dept’s 309 for information.
- Consul John K. Caldwell, on special duty at Chita.↩