793.94/6625: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Johnson )
139. Please inform Canton in reference to its telegram of April 29, noon,24 as follows:
In your discretion, you are authorized, on some opportune occasion when you are discussing with members of the Southwest Political Council and other officials at Canton the oil discrimination matter or [Page 566] other cases of discriminatory treatment of Americans at Canton, to refer to the declaration made by the Southwest Political Council on April 27 and to remind them of their obligation to observe treaties between China and the foreign powers.