893.00/6791: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:49 p.m.]
502. 1. Report in first paragraph my 497 November 25, 5 p.m. partially erroneous. Latest information is that while Yang Yu-ting [Page 619] has fled to Dairen [and] serious defection among Fengtien forces south of the Wall amounted to factional fighting, there has been no coup d’état at Mukden and Chang Tso-lin is still in control there. Although the situation is still undefined it would seem that General Kuo Sung-ling and the Manchurian forces between Tientsin and the Wall, having come to an agreement with Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, attempted to march on Mukden with the purpose of ousting Marshal Chang, which attempt was blocked by loyal Manchurian forces at Shanhaikwan.
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