Office of the Historian

893.00/8501: Telegram

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

Peking, April 1, 1927—2 p.m.
[Received April 1—7:06 a.m.]

314. Following from American consul general, Hankow, has been repeated to commander in chief:

“March 31, 3 p.m. Requested that naval forces be augmented, passenger ships to be convoyed through to Shanghai. Many American[s] refusing to leave without such convoy.”

MacMurray