861.77 Chinese Eastern/217: Telegram
The Consul at Harbin (Hanson) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 19—8:10 a.m.]
Your [273,] August 16, 6 p.m., to the Legation. Small Soviet raiding parties have clashed with Chinese troops on Chinese territory near Manchuria Station, Lahasusu, Pogranichnaya, Chinese casualties 200 so far. Report regarding Russian prisoners bleeding faces streets Harbin not true. However, individual Chinese soldiers acting badly toward Russian men, women. Reliably reported that Chinese military treating imprisoned and interned Russians cruelly. German Consul General attempting have this stopped.