Office of the Historian

393.11/1146: Telegram

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

Peiping, May 24, 1930—4 p.m.
[Received May 24—9:10 a.m.]

367. Legation’s 365, May 23, 6 p.m., paragraph 2.25 Following telegram dated April 23 has been received from the Commander in Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet:

“The American Minister has written to the Consul General at Hankow and advised him that Americans should be discouraged from going to Kuling this summer. I have discussed the question with the Minister and informed him that it would be impracticable to afford protection with naval forces.”

For the Minister:
Perkins
  1. Ante, p. 13.↩