Office of the Historian

811.91293/187: Telegram

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

Peiping, July 16, 1930—5 p.m.
[Received July 16—7:30 a.m.]

581. Legation’s 484, June 23, 4 p.m. Marshal Yen81 has issued an order restoring Hallett Abend’s press privileges. Abend intends to come to Peiping within a few weeks.82

For the Minister:
Perkins
  1. Yen Hsi-shan, of Shansi, leader of the rebellion against the Chinese Government at Nanking.↩
  2. The Minister in China on October 27, 1930, reported, in telegram No. 936, from Peiping, that Hallett Abend had informed him of the satisfactory adjustment of his status vis-à-vis the Nanking Government—arranged apparently by the Chinese Minister of Finance, T. V. Soong (893.00/11271). Press privileges were not fully restored, however, until April 28, 1931 (811.91293/195).↩