393.11/527: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 31—10:15 a.m.]
308. Following from American consul at Foochow:
“March 30, 10 a.m. 1. Local conditions quiet. There has been as yet no unfavorable reaction from the affair at Nanking. Of the [Page 274] 112 Americans now in consular district, approximately 20 will not leave their stations in the interior and in the event of emergency could not be evacuated, about the same number expected to leave shortly, while the remainder intend to remain until it becomes necessary for all to withdraw. The above-mentioned include 2 men, 9 women, 1 child previously evacuated who have returned against my advice.”