893.00/11272: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 28—8:50 a.m.]
The following telegram has been sent to the Legation:
“October 28, 3 p.m. U. S. S. Luzon silenced fieldpiece on left bank of the river at mileage 166 above Hankow yesterday. Many Red troops of [all?] along river bank. Naval authorities report Kienli practically deserted but river quiet between that point and mileage 215.
Nanchow, Hunan, was captured by communist bandits October 22. Hwayung, Hunan, also captured, communist bandits operating area numbering 4,000 to 1,000 [5,000?]. Two Americans, Miss Hazel Todd and W. W. Moore, who were reported as being there are in Hsucheng (Anhwei) and Kuling, respectively.
Sixty-first Division arrived here yesterday and today and immediately transferred to Wuchang.
Repeated to the Department.”