893.00/9254
The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 27.]
Sir: I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty’s Consul at Chinkiang, in a report on the measures taken for the protection and evacuation of foreigners at that place, lay stress on the extreme cooperation that existed throughout between the United States Navy and the British Navy and himself. Mr. Wyatt Smith states that every assistance the United States Ship Paul Jones could in any way give was freely offered and given and British refugees were entertained and even evacuated on United States Ships.
I have the honour, under instructions from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to express to the Government of the United States of America the satisfaction with which he has received this report of the assistance rendered on this occasion by the United States Navy. I beg leave further to request that the thanks [Page 308] of His Majesty’s Government may be conveyed to the Commander and Officers of the United States Ship Paul Jones.
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