Office of the Historian

793.94/3652: Telegram

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

Shanghai, January 27, 1932—6 p.m.
[Received January 27—7 a.m.]

A Japanese member of the Municipal Council who usually acts as liaison officer between the Japanese Naval Attaché and the Council has requested that a state of emergency declaration should be issued today. [Page 80] The Secretary General promised to call a meeting of the Municipal Council for the consideration of the request today.

Repeated to the Legation.

Cunningham