Office of the Historian

793.003/417: Telegram

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

[Paraphrase]
Peiping, September 13, 1930—3 p.m.
[Received September 13—6:53 a.m.]

812. The Japanese Legation informs me that the British Ambassador in Japan on September 9 called upon the Japanese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs to inquire concerning the Japanese attitude toward the British extraterritoriality proposals. The Vice Minister replied that he could not indicate the attitude Japan would take because the Minister for Foreign Affairs was ill at the moment and some time would be required to complete studying the draft proposals.

For the Minister:
Perkins