Office of the Historian

793.94/2070: Telegram

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

Peiping, October 12, 1931—9 p.m.
[Received October 12—3:42 p.m.]

749. Following is Nanking’s 81, October 11, 6 p.m. to you.

“Your 87, October 10, 2 p.m. Your instructions were carried out October 11, 5 p.m.

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs made no comment but asked whether I knew what failure by China to carry out commitments was referred to. I replied I did not know. As of probable interest to me he then showed me confidentially copy of a telegram just received from Drummond giving text of an undated communication from the Department. I noted but did not inform Lee that this was substantially the first part of the communication whose text was recently telegraphed to Berne by the Department.…”32a

For the Minister:
Engert
  1. Telegram of October 9, quoted in Department’s No. 88, October 13, 11 a.m., to the Consul General of Nanking, p. 175.↩