793.94 Commission/605: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 5—7:50 a.m.]
1295. Reuter report from Nanking, 3d.
“In a telegram addressed today to W. W. Yen, Wellington Koo [Page 387] and Quo Tai-chi, Chinese delegates to League of Nations, General Chiang Kai-shek categorically denied rumor that he personally favored direct negotiations with Japan.
Referring to above rumor General Chiang declared that at this juncture when Sino-Japanese question was receiving serious attention of League of Nations it was obvious that purveyors of such rumor could have no other motive than that of diverting League from its present course and misinforming the world.
‘In point of fact T. V. Soong, Acting President of Executive Yuan, and Dr. Lo Wen-kan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have already had occasion to inform the representative[s] of foreign governments in China of the groundless nature of the rumor. It feels confident that the League will maintain sanctity of its Covenant and other international peace treaties and effect just and proper settlement of Sino-Japanese question.’”