Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The Far East, Volume III

893.00/12517: Telegram

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

Peiping, November 15, 1933—4 p.m.
[Received November 15—6:30 a.m.]

858. Following from Peck at Nanking:

“November 15, 9 a.m.

1. Minister Johnson during 6 days in Nanking interviewed principal Government officials and left for Shanghai November 14, 11 p.m.

2. Shanghai Evening Post of November 14th published reports that the Nineteenth Route Army in Fukien may join with communist forces on a Socialist platform attack on the Nanking Government.

3. Report mentioned above was not published in Nanking on November 14th but several important officials spoke to the American Minister verv confidentially about this possibility and seemed greatly concerned although professing to believe that the plot would not actually be carried out.”

With reference to paragraph 3 above, see Legation’s 854, November 15, 10 a.m.

For the Minister:

Gauss