393.11/688: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 21—6:16 a.m.]
749. Davis reports July 20, 3 p.m., that in spite of recent proclamations by Chiang and Wu against occupation of foreign buildings, virtually all such at Nanking are now occupied. Standard Oil Co., residences, and Methodist Girls’ School have just been occupied by soldiers, and in the latter all furniture is being burned for fuel; Warren Stuart’s residence is being used as stable while guard at American consulate is stealing the remaining books and using broken furniture for fuel. In north Kiangsu, at Haichow, Sutsien and several other cities Presbyterian mission buildings which had been left unmolested by Chiang Chung-cheng’s troops have recently been seized and thoroughly looted by Nationalists.