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493.11 Ekvall, Henry/76: Telegram

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

Peiping, December 19, 1932—5 p.m.
[Received December 19—5:55 a.m.]

1360. Legation’s 1336, December 15, 5 p.m. I feel that Soule and Stanton should be allowed to return. During a call, on Minister of Foreign Affairs at Nanking I informed him that there could be no discussion of reduction of exemplary damages until guilty parties-had been caught and until we were satisfied that Provincial Government was doing all in its power to make amends. Subsequently, in my presence Minister of Foreign Affairs informed Chiang Kai-shek in this sense.

Johnson