Office of the Historian

893.00/11075: Telegram

The Consul at Hankow (Butrick) to the Secretary of State

Hankow, August 10, 1930—noon.
[Received 11:38 p.m.]

73. American naval information from Changsha now indicates American mission property considerably damaged, business interests suffering less in comparison. Captain of Palos states that the self-defense firing of Palos on July 31 is credited by foreign and Chinese businessmen as the [act?] which saved the island and stopped general looting and destruction in the city proper.

Clark will proceed to Changsha tomorrow. Sent to the Department and the Legation at Peiping.

Butrick