Office of the Historian

393.1111 King, Clifford J./8: Telegram

The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Hankow, June 16, 1930—noon.
[Received June 16—9:10 a.m.]

49. The following telegram has been sent to the Legation:

“June 16, noon. Reverend Clifford King has been released from custody of bandits and is unharmed. The local garrison at Loshan effected the rescue by sending about 160 soldiers to the village where ascertained King was being kept by the bandits and forcibly brought him to safety. Repeated to Nanking and Department.”

Lockhart