793.003/232: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Perkins)
Washington, December 31,
1929—noon.
435. Your 1200, December 29, 2 p.m., and 1204, December 30, 5 p.m. For your instruction and the guidance of American officials in China, the Department does not regard the declaration of the Chinese Government as having altered the legal status quo. You may so inform your colleagues.
Stimson