393.1111 Nelson, Bert N./6: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 18—9:50 a.m.]
911. Legation’s 907, October 16, noon. Following from American Consul at Nanking:
“October 17, 2 p.m. Your October 16, 11 a.m.
This morning, in the absence from office of C. T. Wang and Frank Lee, I called on Hsu Moh, Chief of the European and American Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and left with him a memorandum embodying the essential facts in the Legation’s instruction concerning the capture of Reverend Bert N. Nelson.
Hsu Moh said that day before yesterday, upon first learning of the capture of Nelson, the Ministry had telegraphed to the Honan authorities to make every effort to obtain his release. Hsu gave me his assurances that the Ministry would again telegraph without delay to the responsible military authorities in Honan and do everything within their power to obtain Nelson’s early release.
Hankow informed.”