Office of the Historian

793.94/5169: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Acting Secretary of State

Shanghai, May 7, 1932—1 p.m.
[Received May 7—10:03 a.m.]

227. At meeting of Joint Commission today I was unanimously elected chairman. Japanese reported withdrawals of troops from certain areas to be effective before 9th. Chinese announced that Peiping police are due here about the 9th and will take over policing.

Repeated to the Legation and Nanking.

Cunningham