Office of the Historian

893.51/5703a

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

No. 852
Washington, August 26, 1932.

Sir: The Department’s records indicate that the Chinese Government has failed, since August 17, 1931, to effect any payments in connection with the claims awarded American claimants as a result of the Nanking incident of March 24, 1927.74 In this connection the Department requests that you bring this matter to the attention of the appropriate authorities of the Chinese Government with a view to obtaining payment, without further delay, of the sums which are now in default.

Very truly yours,

W. R. Castle, Jr.
  1. See Foreign Relations, 1927, vol. i, pp. 146 ff.; ibid., 1928, vol. ii, pp. 323 ff.; and ibid., 1929, vol. ii, pp. 858 ff.↩