893.00/8776: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
190. Your No. 483, April 26, 10 a.m.95
1. Please request Tientsin to repeat to you the telegram it sent to Department April 26, 5 p.m. Department fails to understand the statement in that telegram that the purpose of British negotiations in Tientsin was to put the area under joint control of themselves, the Chinese, and the Americans. This is the first intimation to reach the Department that any plan existed for interesting this Government in controlling the British Concession in Tientsin. You should instruct the American consul at Tientsin that the Government of the United States has no desire to interest itself in this matter.
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