793.94/1975: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Peiping, October 4, 1931—9
a.m.
[Received October 4—12:41 a.m.]
[Received October 4—12:41 a.m.]
698. Your 358, October 3, 5 p.m., was repeated this morning to the Consul General at Nanking with instructions to avoid giving the impression of its being in response to the Chinese request which was forwarded in my 697, October 4, 8 a.m.
Johnson