493.11 Hsu Shun Pu, heirs of/6: Telegram
The Minister in China ( MacMurray ) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 3—9:35 a.m.]
667. My 578, July 16, 7 p.m.
- 1.
- The following is the substance of a note of July 29th from the
Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your formal note of June 10th requesting that you be given definite information as to decision made by the Chinese Government regarding the time and manner of the payments of the indemnity for damages resulting from the Nanking incident.
“I have the honor to observe as regards this indemnity that it is now planned to make a payment of $100,000 per mensem from August of this year until the date when the indemnity is paid in full.”
- 2.
- A copy of the note of June 10th referred to was transmitted to the Department under cover of the Legation’s despatch No. 2238 [2138] of June 10th.78
- The first payment of Mex. $100,000 occurred in April 1929; the concluding payment was made in 1933.↩