Office of the Historian

693.113 (Manchuria) Petroleum/53: Telegram

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

Peiping, April 17, 1934—1 p.m.
[Received April 17—6:55 a.m.]

175. Legation’s 171, April 16, 2 p.m. On further consideration the Legation believes that representations at Tokyo should not be withheld until result of companies’ local representations is known but on the contrary should be made now and should be in the nature of an effort to obtain favorable consideration of the formula suggested by the companies to the customs authorities. My British colleague concurs.

Tokyo informed.

Johnson