793.94/5501: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping
, August 25, 1932—4
p.m.
[Received August 25—6:03 a.m.]
[Received August 25—6:03 a.m.]
1007. My 985, August 22, noon.
- 1.
- Following is for information of the Department: Commandant of the American Legation guard has received from the commandant of the Japanese Legation guard a notification that the Japanese guard will conduct maneuvers on its glacis and “night practice marches in the streets of the city near the glacis” on the morning of August 26 [Page 572] from 3 to 5 o’clock. This is the first notification to be received from the Japanese commandant in response to the senior commandant’s circular of last January requesting such notification.
- 2.
- This gives us an opportunity to advise against such maneuvers and I propose to suggest to Colonel Gulick that he counsel with the Japanese commandant against such activities at this time.
Johnson