793.94/2689: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Nanking (Peck)
[Paraphrase]
Washington, November 17, 1931—7
p.m.
113. For the Minister: Your November 14, 9 a.m., from Nanking.
- (1)
- With regard to the request of President Chiang that this Government participate in investigating the origin of the Tientsin trouble, the Department will wait for further word from you based upon the telegraphic report you have asked the Consul General at Tientsin to make. Reference is made in this connection to Department’s 109, November 12, 11 a.m., to Nanking, paragraph 2, asking you if you deemed it advisable to amend the Department’s instruction to Lockhart concerning an investigation.
- (2)
- Regarding President Chiang’s desire for United States participation in a joint investigation of the Tsitsihar situation, the Department approves your reply that representatives of this Government in Manchuria were reporting currently on developments to their Government. At this time the Department prefers not to make a further statement in this connection. Daily reports on the situation are coming from Hanson through the Legation, and portions of these are being relayed by the Department to Ambassador Dawes.
Stimson