893.113 Arrow Air and Motors Corp./10: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
27. Your 114, January 23, 2 p.m. The Department desires that the Consul at Yunnanfu report any further developments and endeavor discreetly to confirm the statement reported to have been made by the French Consul at Yunnanfu that neither he nor the Tonkin authorities will be disposed to permit transit of the American planes which have recently arrived at Haiphong.
The Department has instructed the American Consul at Saigon to inquire informally whether shipment has been detained but to make no representations unless and until further instructed.