393.11/1593: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 8—7:05 a.m.]
784. Following from American Consul General at Nanking, July 7, 4 p.m.
“Memorandum from the Chinese Foreign Office dated July 6 reads in translation as follows:
‘The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honor to state that communist bandits are very active in the province of Honan and that efforts are being made to surround and exterminate the bandits. During the period of bandit suppression, it is requested that you instruct American citizens residing in the regions east and west of the railway extending from Chengchow south to the Hupeh border to evacuate temporarily in order to avoid danger’”.