Office of the Historian

793.94/2429: Telegram

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

Peiping, November 2, 1931—4 p.m.
[Received November 2—6 a.m.]

859. Legation’s 830, October 29, 3 p.m.; and 858, November 2, 3 p.m.41

Wellington Koo, who returned here with the Marshal October 31st, requests me to suggest that should the American Government contemplate action similar to that taken by the British it would be extremely helpful to the Commission, of which he has just been made chairman, if such decision could be announced at the earliest date possible. He feels it would lend moral support to the Commission when it was most needed.

Repeated to Shanghai.

For the Minister:
Engert
  1. Neither printed.↩