893.00/12511: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, November
8, 1933—11 a.m.
[Received November 7—11:20 p.m.]
[Received November 7—11:20 p.m.]
841. Following from Nanking:
“November 7, 5 p.m. I have received information believed to be reliable that the anti-communist campaign in Kiangsi was abandoned November 5th. Reason assigned by my informant was pro-communist sentiment among Government troops and general unwillingness to fight.”
For the Minister:
Gauss