793.94/3791: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 1—9:10 a.m.]
Wellington Koo called quite unofficially and stated that he had been in conference with Chinese municipal authorities in regard to our conference with the Japanese and Chinese. Koo expressed the hope that those powers concerned endeavor to secure the approval of Tokyo to the proposal for the Japanese to withdraw from the tongue. I venture to express the belief that if the approval for the Japanese to vacate the tongue could be obtained from the Japanese Government it would contribute very greatly toward relieving the tension here in Shanghai as the tongue would then be patrolled by neutral troops. Reference to last paragraph of my January 31, 11 p.m.
Repeated to the Legation and to Nanking.