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

393.1111 Nelson, Bert N./147

The American Minister in China (Johnson) to the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Lo)⁵⁹

No. 439

Peiping, June 1, 1932.

Excellency: I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency’s formal note of April 22, 1932,⁶⁰ in which you were good enough to inform me that the Honan Provincial Government had issued instructions that prompt action be taken in connection with the robbery of money and supplies near Kwangshan.

I am now in receipt of a further report from the American Consul General at Hankow⁶² in which he states that Ch’iu Chu-hsien and the others involved in the robbery are still at large and that the present Magistrate has taken no action whatever. It appears to the Legation that the issuance of general instructions is productive of absolutely no result and it is, therefore, requested that specific instructions be issued ordering the chief of the Kwangshan militia to proceed to Kaifeng for investigation. I cannot but again urge upon Your Excellency the imperative necessity for effective action in this matter.

I avail myself [etc.]

Nelson Trusler Johnson

59. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Minister in China in his despatch No. 1559, June 1; received July 5.
60. Not printed.
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