793.94/6278: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 13—5:30 a.m.]
Japanese military spokesman states Japanese troops will occupy Tungchow and that Liu Kuei-tang’s Manchukuo army will occupy Kalgan and perhaps extend operations southeastward along Peiping-Suiyuan Railway.
[Page 321]Japanese aircraft carrier Komai arrived at Taku Bar yesterday which event created considerable speculation and concern at Tientsin as regards possible extension of bombing operations. Japanese troops were busily engaged yesterday in filling sand bags and placing them at convenient and strategic points in Japanese Concession. There has apparently been no important change in the Lwanchow area.