Office of the Historian

893.156/46: Telegram

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

Peiping, September 15, 1931—11 a.m.
[Received September 15—2:10 a.m.]

583. My 508, August 11, 6 p.m. Following from Cunningham:60

“September 14, 4 p.m. My despatch No. 6925, June 8th enclosing foreshore regulations.61 Shanghai Municipal Gazette August 20 contains revised foreshore regulations in nine articles only promulgated July 31. Revised regulations draft for articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19 and 20 of former regulations with minor modifications in those articles. Remaining articles of former regulations omitted. Standard Oil Company has been again approached to obtain foreshore permit fee.

Despatch follows.”62

Johnson
  1. Edwin S. Cunningham, Consul General at Shanghai.↩
  2. Not printed.↩
  3. Not printed; for résumé, see telegram No. 694, October 3, from the Minister in China, p. 1006.↩