893.51/5362: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
287. Your 726, August 20, 5 p.m. Department does not believe that it would be advisable for you to forward at this time an individual note of protest covering the ground of the communication quoted in the Legation’s telegram 509, June 27, 3 p.m., paragraph 2, since your doing so might be held of significance in connection with the discussion between the Senior Minister and the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding forms of correspondence. You may convey the substance of the joint note in question to the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs at some future appropriate time, if you deem advisable.