393.11/836

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Tsinan (Price)

Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 23, dated May 31, 1928,20 transmitting copies of the notices sent by you and Consul Stanton to American citizens in the Tsinan consular district, informing them of the threatened danger as a result of military disturbances and urging them to leave for places of safety. You also transmitted summaries of the replies received and a list of the Americans who had elected to remain at their several stations.

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The Department takes this opportunity to commend the energetic and thorough manner in which you and Consul Stanton acted in the matter of the evacuation of Americans. It also approves the form of the various notices and letters sent by the Consulate on this subject.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Nelson Trusler Johnson
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