793.94/5239: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 20—1:55 a.m.]
251. Lieutenant Soule yesterday morning personally witnessed the withdrawal of one battalion of Japanese infantry from Kiangwan and immediate vicinity, and the resumption of control of the evacuated district without incident by 100 Peiping police. The Japanese Military Attaché has informed Lieutenant Soule that the Japanese defense unit at Chenju will be discontinued on 23rd at 11 a.m., and the Japanese naval landing party will be withdrawn from Chapei at 2 p.m., on the same day.
Repeat to War Department. Repeated to the Legation.