793.94/6281: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 15—9:20 a.m.]
438. Refer to Tientsin’s May 13, 11 a.m. and May 13, 8 p.m.38 to the Department and the Legation.
Following telegram has been sent to Tientsin:
“May 15, 4 p.m. Confidential report your May 13, 11 a.m. and May 13, 8 p.m. and marked air activity by Japanese. I have in answer to American Board Mission’s inquiries advised that women and children be evacuated from Tungchow. I suggest that you issue similar advices to American citizens resident in area which would be affected if advance on Tungchow transpires. It is further [Page 322] suggested that you promptly supply Japanese authorities with list of American citizens [and] American-owned properties in that area with descriptive data as to relative location of mission compounds to city walls, et cetera. Please supply Legation with copy of such list which will be transmitted by me to the Japanese Legation for information of the Japanese authorities. Legation is informed that part of Chinese Boys School of American Board Mission at Tungchow now being used as hospital for certain wounded Chinese soldiers. This fact should be mentioned by you in reporting to the Japanese authorities location of this and other Mission property. Department has been informed.[”]
- Latter not printed.↩