Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1932, The Far East, Volume IV

893.01 Manchuria/715

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Nanking to the Chinese Legation⁵³

[Nanking,] December 8, 1932.

Peiping message reports that General Chang Yu-Ting, Chinese Volunteer Commander, is now rallying scattered soldiers east of Hei-lungkiang and establishing contact with other Volunteer armies preparatory to a counterattack against Japanese forces. General Ma Chan-Shan also reports that the Chinese Volunteers at the front still exceed thirty thousand all of whom are determined to fight the Japanese in spite of the retreat of General Su Ping-Wen.

53. Copy of telegram transmitted to the Department by the Chinese Legation, December 9, 1932.