Office of the Historian

793.94/2676: Telegram

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

Peiping, November 14, 1931—9 a.m.
[Received November 14—2:04 a.m.]

933. I heard late last night, and had it confirmed this morning, that the Japanese have officially demanded that all Chinese troops be withdrawn 20 li, namely about 6⅔ miles, from Tientsin under provisional note of July 15, 1902 (see MacMurray’s Treaties, volume I, page 317).12 Donald states has no knowledge Young Marshal has promised to comply but will increase Tientsin police force. Young13 claims only about two regiments of Chinese troops were within radius mentioned.

Repeated Tientsin, Nanking and Commander in Chief.

For the Minister:
Engert
  1. Note of July 15, 1902, also printed in Foreign Relations, 1902, p. 198.↩
  2. C. Walter Young, an American citizen and writer.↩