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

393.11/1436: Telegram

The Consul General at Nanking (Peck) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, February 16, 1932—4 p.m.
[Received February 16—7:10 a.m.]

52. In view of the probability that disturbance Shanghai-Nanking Railway zone as a result of the present hostilities at Shanghai I have again today advised that American women and children and such men as can be spared evacuate from Chinkiang and Chaotou [?]. Shanghai has already advised all Americans at Soochow and Wusih to evacuate. United States ship Bulmer is at Chinkiang to assist Americans evacuating from or through that port.

Peck