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The Consul General at Hankow (Adams) to the Minister in China (Johnson)26

L. No. 104
Hankow, April 1, 1932.

Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Legation’s telegraphic instruction to me, dated March 15, 12 p.m., 1932, in which the Legation suggested that the present time would afford a good opportunity again to warn Americans residing in southern Kiangsi to withdraw from that dangerous area.

I attach to this despatch, for the Legation’s information, a copy of my letter of April 1, 1932, addressed to the Reverend John A. O’Shea,27 in which Americans in southern Kiangsi are again urged to withdraw themselves to other places.

I am sending to the Lazarist Mission in Shanghai, through the American Consulate General there, a copy of my letter to Father O’Shea. I am also sending copies to the Department of State for such action as the Department may deem appropriate.28

Respectfully yours,

Walter A. Adams
  1. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Consul General at Hankow in his despatch No. 128, April 1; received May 9.↩
  2. Not printed.↩
  3. The National Catholic Welfare Conference at Washington was duly informed by the Department.↩