893.00/10943: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
Washington, July 2, 1930—5
p.m.
223. Your 524, July 1, noon.
- 1.
- The Department desires that urgent protests be made to the highest authorities of the military side now in control of Suiping, Honan, against the treatment said to have been accorded to American citizens there.
- 2.
- The Department notes that the local political organizations reported as responsible for the indignities and cruelties perpetrated against American citizens appear to be the propaganda bureau and a local branch of the Kuomintang. In view of this fact the Department suggests that even if Suiping is now in the hands of the Northern faction a protest be made to Nanking referring to the alleged responsibility of Kuomintang party organizations.51
- 3.
- Department desires a report from Hankow whether the American citizens at Suiping or other places in Honan have desired or attempted to leave for places of safety and whether steps have been taken or are in progress toward that end.
Stimson
- Note of protest to the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs was telegraphed to the Consulate at Nanking July 5, 1930 (893.00/11121).↩