Office of the Historian

693.002 Manchuria/83: Telegram

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

Peiping, June 18, 1932—5 p.m.
[Received June 18—8 a.m.]

676. I have just received the following message from Mr. Maze, Inspector General of Customs at Shanghai.

“In connection with the question of the integrity of the Manchurian customhouses I write to inform you that I have received the following telegram from the Dairen Commissioner for Customs which is self-explanatory.

‘Received another despatch from Ministry of Finance dated 12th June ordering me to remit Dairen customs revenue to Tung San Sheng Kuan-yinhao55 instead of to Shanghai, saying that Changchun government will consider my disobedience as expression of my hostile intentions and will take such measures as they deem suitable and effective.’”

Johnson
  1. Three Eastern Provinces Bank.↩