Press Release Issued by the Department of State on November 2, 193717
November 2, 1937
The latest figures available on the number of American nationals who have been evacuated from China and the number of those remaining have come from the commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet at Shanghai. They are as follows:
| American nationals evacuated to October 29 from— | ||
| Shanghai | 2,046 | |
| Peiping-Tientsin area | 510 | |
| Chefoo-Tsingtao area | 1,193 | |
| Yangtze River ports and interior | 352 | |
| Foochow-Amoy-Swatow area | 93 | |
| Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow Provinces, and Hainan Island | 367 | |
| Total evacuated | 4,561 | |
| American nationals remaining at— | ||
| Shanghai | 2,293 | |
| Peiping-Tientsin area | 1,055 | |
| Chefoo-Tsingtao area | 676 | |
| Yangtze River ports and interior | 1,156 | |
| Foochow-Amoy-Swatow area | 216 | |
| Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow Provinces, and Hainan Island | 406 | |
| Total remaining | 5,802 | |
- Reprinted from Department of State, Press Releases, November 6, 1937 (vol. xvii, No. 423), p. 351.↩