893.00/10033: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 5—10:40 a.m.]
426. 1. Upon the departure last night of Chang Hsueh-liang,68 Yang Yu-ting69 and the principal remaining officials connected with the Fengtien regime, the control of Peking is in the hands of the committee of elder statesmen headed by Wang Shih-tseng,70 mentioned [Page 236] in paragraph 4 of my number 409, May 31, 10 p.m. [a.m.].71 One reliable Fengtien brigade of about five thousand men remains to preserve order in the city. Plans are under negotiation for the peaceful withdrawal of this force upon the arrival of the incoming Nationalist troops. Forces of Yen72 and Feng73 are reported within day’s march of city and question of which will first arrive is purely speculative.
2. All Manchurian troops are clearing this area without disorder. Heavy troop traffic has prevented operation of passenger trains between here and Tientsin since June 3rd. Both Tientsin and Peking remain quiet and there are apparent[ly] no signs of agitation.