861.77 Chinese Eastern/217
Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Johnson)
[Washington,] August 19, 1929.
The Chinese Minister in the course of a conversation today told me that Lu Chung-lin, a very close friend and supporter of Feng Yuhsiang, had been appointed and had accepted the position of Minister of Military Affairs. He reminded me that Lu Chung-lin had held this appointment just prior to the difficulties between the Central Government and Feng. Obviously he intended me to infer from this statement that Feng and the Central Government were acting in harmony.
N[elson] T. J[ohnson]