493.11 Ekvall, Henry/62: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

372. Your 1254, November 17, 1 p.m., and previous. For your information and encouragement, the Department has suggested to the Chinese Legation here that it inform Nanking that the Department is emphatically interested in and solicitous with regard to this case and that matters relating to this case are being pressed by our representatives in China under express instruction from the Department.

Stimson