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893.00/7672: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Mayer) to the Secretary of State

Peking, September 25, 1926—1 p.m.
[Received September 25—8:20 a.m.]

432. My 422, September 21, 4 p.m. American consul general, Hankow, in telegram dated September 22, 1 p.m., just received, states that in note dated September 20th Commissioner for Foreign Affairs refers to his previous note conveying instruction from commander, Cantonese army, regarding withdrawal of foreign gunboats to lower river and states that it was meant to refer to river below Wuchang and Hanyang and did not mean “the river below the whole port of Hankow because gunboats anchoring within the boundaries of the concessions will not be endangered by the military operations.” In view of the foregoing explanation, Lockhart is making no reply to Commissioner of Foreign Affairs to this and the previous note on this subject.33

Mayer
  1. Lockhart did, however, present a note of protest. See footnote 30, p. 637.↩