Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II

861.77 Chinese Eastern/34: Telegram

The Minister in China ( MacMurray ) to the Secretary of State

Peking , July 18, 1929—2 p.m.
[Received July 18—10:45 a.m.]

584. My 583[bis], July 17, midnight. Following from American Consul at Harbin:

“July 16, noon. Soviet ultimatum published here by Japanese news agency last evening. Yesterday afternoon Chinese authorities closed and took over railway’s four libraries here. Arriving passengers report mobilization Soviet troops at Irkutsk and Chita.”

MacMurray