493.11 Ekvall, Henry/5: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, August 7, 1932—3
p.m.
[Received August 7—7:10 a.m.]
[Received August 7—7:10 a.m.]
909. Legation’s 908, August 6, 9 p.m.68 Paragraph 3, Hankow’s August 6, 6 p.m., to the Legation, Nanking and Shanghai, states inter alia:
“Englund reports telegraphically that he has repeatedly requested but failed to obtain official escort for search of well where bodies are suspected to be. He says private investigation is too dangerous and that presence of American official is absolutely necessary.”
- 2.
- Legation has telegraphically informed the Shensi Provincial Chairman and Englund that the Legation’s representative is en route to Sian and has urged Chairman to take the most drastic and effective measures to clear up the mystery of the disappearance of Ekvall and Tornvall, to recover their bodies if they have been killed, and to visit condign punishment upon persons who may have caused them harm.
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- Counsellor Peck has been instructed to make similar urgent representations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looking to immediate effective action by the Shensi authorities.
Hankow informed.
Johnson
- Not printed.↩