793.94/3965a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham)
On information that may or may not be correct, we believe that Japanese infantry to the extent of 4,000 may possibly have already been landed at Woosung; that these are probably the advance guard of the movement of a Japanese Division. If they land at Woosung, it would seem quite possible that they will move upon the Chinese forces at Chapei along the railway line from Woosung to Shanghai, in which case there would be danger of defeated Chinese troops being forced into the American sector of the International Settlement.
This is sent to you for your confidential information and that of the commanders of the neutral forces.