893.01 Manchuria/552: Telegram

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

1187. Following from American Consul General at Harbin:

“October 12, noon.

1.
Foreign community Harbin shocked by murder 9 o’clock this morning Mrs. Woodruff, wife British employee British American Tobacco Company, in the street near her home [in] New Town by Chinese bandit in resisting an attempt to kidnap. Danger safety foreigners increasing.
2.
Passenger train eastern line derailed, shot up by brigands near Kaolingtze yesterday.
3.
Anti-Manchukuo forces still control Hailar and Manchouli where conditions quiet except for Japanese residents.”

Johnson