393.11/1168: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:45 p.m.]
450. Legation’s 439, June 13, 3 p.m. The following telegram from the American Consul General at Hankow is being repeated to the Minister at Nanking:
“June 15, 1 p.m. Inasmuch as the Americans resident at Kanchow and in that vicinity have more than once been advised to withdraw to a zone of safety I can offer no further suggestion as a possible means of relief except that it might be advisable to continue to urge the Nanking authorities to supply adequate forces for the protection of American life and property in the Kanchow area. So far as can be ascertained Chang Fah-kwei does not appear to be making any headway towards either Nanchang or Hankow at present.”