Office of the Historian

893.0146/143: Telegram

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

Peiping, August 15, 1930—6 p.m.
[Received August 15—9:35 a.m.]

704. American Consul General at Shanghai states that the following foreign troops are now stationed in Shanghai: United States marines, 1,243; British troops, 2,169; French troops, 1,230; Japanese troops, 400. Cunningham understands that additional Japanese troops will be landed within a few days from the 24th Division.

Johnson