Office of the Historian

793.94/3323: Telegram

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

Peiping, December 26, 1931—noon.
[Received December 26—1:30 a.m.]

1129. Following from American Consul General at Harbin:

“December 23, 5 p.m.

1.
Last evening Secretary Chao, who had just returned from visiting General Ma at Hailun, informed me that Ma had sufficient funds to support his troops for 3 months; that he was still acting under instructions of Nanking and that he would await the results of the visit of the League of Nations commission.
2.
No evidence to the effect that Ma has yielded to Japanese demands has been brought to the attention of this office, but judging by Chao’s remarks he is anxious in regard to expected operations of Japanese at Chinchow.[”]

Johnson