393.11/1108: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 24—11:15 a.m.]
285. Canton’s April 22, 4 p.m.96 Following has been sent to the Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“The American Consul General at Canton reports that American missionaries, who have just reached Canton from Southern Kiangsi, state that at least 19 American missionaries are still in Kanchow unable to leave and that the Communist forces are again converging on Kanchow where the Americans are in grave danger.
It would be much appreciated if Your Excellency would be so food as to make available to me any reliable information which may have been received concerning present conditions at Kanchow.”
Hankow and Canton informed.
- Not printed.↩