893.5045/218: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 10—10:23 a.m.]
389. My telegram number 383, September 4, 7 p.m.22
1. I have received from the British Chargé d’Affaires letter stating he has been authorized by the British Foreign Office to inform me that—
“At the close of the judicial inquiry my Government will if necessary exert their influence on the Shanghai Municipal Council with a view to obtaining Mr. McEuen’s resignation, believing as they do that his continued employment would in any case be prejudicial to harmonious relations between foreigners and Chinese.
I hope you will be able to tell me that this promise is satisfactory to your Government and that they will accept it as a sufficient assurance of Mr. McEuen’s elimination.”
2. May I inform him that this assurance is satisfactory and that I am for my part ready to proceed with the negotiations with the Chinese Government regarding Shanghai incident?
- Not printed.↩