793.94/4157: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 13—7 a.m.]
42. Following from Mayer for Military Attaché:
Troops in Shanghai: American marines, 1,700; Army 1,200; British Army, 3,200; French Army, 1,700; Italian Army, 160; Shanghai volunteer force, 2,100; Japanese estimated Navy troops, 6,000; Army, 4,000 under Major Generals Doita and Shimamoto; Chinese 60th, 61st and 78th Divisions plus detachments from First and Second National Guard Divisions totaling about 35,000. Japanese Army operating against Woosung forts [which?] while badly battered and probably ineffective against shipping still in possession of Chinese. Morale of 19th Route Army exceedingly high. Air fighting greatly exaggerated; no planes here yet. Reliable sources predict landing of 20,000 additional Japanese troops including 9th Division about February 13th and 14th.