793.94/3148: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Shaw) to the Secretary of State
Paris, December 10, 1931—7
p.m.
[Received December 10—2:30 p.m.]
[Received December 10—2:30 p.m.]
873. From Ambassador Dawes: After wiring you the tentative text of my statement it occurs to me that it might be a basis of a statement by you later or issued as an individual statement by me tomorrow, as you may decide. I do think that an understanding by the public of the situation in which Japan and China find themselves which apparently has resulted in the ceasing of further negotiations as to a neutral zone constitutes the only chance of avoiding the taking of Chinchow by the Japanese. [Dawes.]
Shaw