393.11/537: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 4—5:04 a.m.]
With possibly one or two exceptions all American women and children have been evacuated from Nanchang, Kiukiang, Wuchang and Ichang. Only a few American men remain in these three ports. There are 146 Americans at Hankow, 38 of whom are women and 16 children. Fresh arrivals daily from interior just about offset departures. Large number of women and children and some men are leaving tomorrow on the Woosung and Luenho. After these departures there will probably remain in Hankow considerably less than one hundred Americans, nearly all of whom will be men and can be easily evacuated in emergency.
Under instructions from Legation I will report directly to Department by telegram any important developments here.