Office of the Historian

793.94/6205: Telegram

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

Peiping, April 23, 1933—noon.
[Received April 23—2:56 a.m.]

358. My 357, April 22, 8 p.m. British Minister has just informed me that last night he was handed a letter from Lo Wen-kan stating that situation was hopeless and asking him to do what he could to arrange for armistice.

Repeated to Tokyo.

Johnson