861.77 Chinese Eastern/505: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Perkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 30—9 a.m.]
1059. My 1051, November 29 [28], 1 p.m., and 1056, November 29, 7 p.m. Following from American Consul General [Consul] at Harbin:
“November 29, 1 p.m. Soviet aeroplanes bombed Buketu yesterday and commenced again at 11 a.m. this morning. Some looting was done by Chinese troops, but it appears panic among them not so great or as disastrous as at Hailar, which it is reported now patrolled by local Mongols. I cannot secure from Chinese official sources any confirmation of the reports emanating from Soviet sources that Mukden has agreed to reestablish status quo ante on the railway.”