Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1932, The Far East, Volume III

793.94/4034: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State

Shanghai, February 7, 1932—11 a.m.
[Received February 7—6 a.m.]

10. Mayor’s representative informed me today that it had been decided to use Chinese aeroplanes against the Japanese, but he assured me that Chinese aeroplanes would not carry bombs and would take every precaution to prevent endangering the Settlement.

Repeated to Legation, Nanking and Tokyo.

Cunningham