Office of the Historian

793.94/6645: Telegram

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

Peiping, May 5, 1934—noon.
[Received May 5—2:50 a.m.]

202. Legation’s 198, May 3, 11 a.m. Following from Minister at Nanking dated May 4, 3 p.m.

“Hsu Mo informed me May 3 that the Chinese Minister at London had reported that he had been informed by the British Government that ‘special rights’ meant Japanese concessions and the railway zone in Manchuria. Hsu Mo stated that the Chinese Government was dissatisfied with this reply and had informed its Minister to make further inquiries”.

For the Minister:
Gauss