893.00/11896: Telegram
The Consul at Amoy (Franklin) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received April 25—9:10 a.m.]
[For the Minister.] Situation remains as set forth in my telegram of April 23, 8 p.m.46 Naval authorities have drawn up cooperative plan for evacuation of foreigners in case of necessity. I feel no anxiety as to personal safety of Americans in the International Settlement. Request of Kulangsu Municipal Council of International Settlement for assistance by our naval forces in cooperation with other foreign and Chinese naval forces in the protection of Kulangsu in case of necessity awaits your instruction before my reply. My colleagues also awaiting such instructions. In my opinion necessity for these instructions not immediate. Admiral Lin states he believes presence of foreign warships now at Amoy act as deterrent to Communists contemplating advance in this direction. Cooperation between the Consulate and Commander Ross of U. S. S. Tulsa now at Amoy very satisfactory.
Repeated to Department [and Legation?].
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