Office of the Historian

893.00/11061: Telegram

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

Peiping, August 6, 1930—noon.
[Received August 6—10:30 a.m.]

670. Legation’s 667, August 5 [4],5 p.m. Following from American Consulate, Hankow:

“August 5, 8 p.m. Changsha reported retaken by Ho Chien today. Six regiments of National reinforcements have arrived Hankow today, [Page 163] situation easier. Admiral [Craven] arrived last night. Three American gunboats in Hankow.”

Johnson