Office of the Historian

393.1111 Baker, Charles/79: Telegram

The Consul General at Hankow (Adams) to the Acting Secretary of State

Hankow, April 25, 1932—noon.
[Received April 25—5:50 a.m.]

49. 1. Mr. G. Findlay Andrew of the National Flood Relief Commission has now definitely initiated negotiations with the Communists who hold Baker. Andrew is also seeking to obtain the release of Father Sands (British) who was captured on August 16, 1931, and who is held by the same group who hold Baker.

2. Andrew’s latest information is that Baker is well fed and now has his own personal servant. I suggest that information in this paragraph be given to Baker’s wife in Oakland.

Adams