Office of the Historian

793.94/1799: Telegram

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

Peiping, September 19, 1931—8 p.m.
[Received September 19—10:10 a.m.]

606. Following telegram has been received from Langdon22 at Dairen.

“September 19, 2 p.m. Consul at Mukden telephones for repetition to you that Japanese took over whole of Mukden at 1 a.m., this morning; they have also occupied Changchun, Antung and Newchwang and are running public services at all these places. Foreigners are all safe.”

Johnson
  1. William R. Langdon, Consul at Dairen.↩