893.01 Manchuria/552: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, October 13, 1932—6
p.m.
[Received October 13—8:55 a.m.]
[Received October 13—8:55 a.m.]
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