Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1927, Volume II

893.00/8625: Telegram

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

[Paraphrase]

Peking, April 8, 1927—8 p.m.
[Received April 8—6:25 p.m.]

388. My No. 359, April 6, 10 a.m.

1. Foreign commandants at conference, Tientsin, April 6, unanimously expressed the opinion that the more troops on the spot the less likely the necessity will be to take military action and they submitted that to this end an increase of the garrisons in North China to 25,000 men forthwith would be the best solution. They agreed to transmit this opinion to their respective Ministers.

2. I concur.

MacMurray