893.00/11168: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:15 p.m.]
781. Following from Hankow:
“September 4, 3 p.m. Through naval sources it is learned that situation at Changsha is still acute. Estimated 40,000 Communists, 17,000 of whom are armed with rifles in the neighborhood of Changsha. Engagement between them and Ho Chien’s forces took place yesterday but apparently without any decisive result on either side. Ho Chien, who claims to have 31,000 troops, is awaiting reinforcements. Three American gunboats now at Changsha, namely, McCready, Guam and Palos. One gunboat, Tutuila, at Hankow. Traffic resumed to Yenching on Kinhan Railway,92b denoting improved situation in immediate railway zone at Kwayuan.”
- Peiping-Hankow Railway.↩