Office of the Historian

893.00/7810: Telegram

The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State

Peking, November 8, 1926—noon.
[Received November 8—2:48 a.m.]

534. My 553 [533], November 6, 11 a.m. Following from American consul general, Hankow:

“November 6, 1 p.m. American naval radio from Kiukiang this morning states city quiet and completely occupied by Southern troops, [Page 651] practically all Northerners having been evacuated down river. Japanese and American landing forces withdrawn. Fighting reported in vicinity of Wusüeh.”

MacMurray