893.05/184: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 20—10:30 a.m.]
1010. Your 377, November 16, 6 p.m.
- 1.
- Following communication has been received from the Peiping Bureau
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs:
“We have the honor to inform you that a telegram dated the 18th has been received from the Waichiaopu reading as follows:
You will please deliver the following telegraphic message to each of these six Legations: British, American, French, Netherlands, Norwegian and Brazilian—telegram follows:
The Chinese Government has appointed as its delegates to the commission for discussion and settlement of the question of the judicial organ in the Shanghai International Settlement: Hsu Mo, chief of Department of the Waichiaopu; Chien Tai, counselor of the Judicial Yuan; Wu Kun-wu, counselor [Page 717] of the Judicial Yuan; Chi Ching, chief of department of Waichiaopu; Liang Ching-tun, judge, Supreme Court; Liu Shih-shun, acting counselor of the Waichiaopu.”
It will be noted that no communication has been addressed to the Japanese Legation.
- 2.
- At a meeting of the interested heads of missions today it was decided that as soon as the British Minister received instructions, the draft telegram quoted in my 1000, November 14, 8 p.m., paragraph (c) would be transmitted to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- 3.
- Following has been received from Shanghai:
“November 19, 11 a.m. Japanese Consul General left last night for Nanking under instructions from his Government to discuss personally with Wang the question of Japanese participation in the Provisional Court negotiations.”