693.002 Manchuria/157: Telegram

The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

782. Following from American Consul General at Harbin:

“July 7, 3 p.m. Ohrnberger, deputy commissioner, and Rozoff, assistant in the customs, arrested by the Manchukuo police early this afternoon and raid now taking place Commissioner’s residence where some Chinese employees customs had taken refuge.”

Repeated to Tokyo.

Johnson