793.94/6971: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 23—9:05 a.m.]
211. Major Takahashi, Japanese Military Attaché, on May 20 called on Pao Wen-yueh of the Peiping branch of Military Council and [Page 179] charged that the Chinese were rendering assistance to Chinese volunteers under Sun Yung-chin who had entered Tsunhua (north Hopei) from Jehol; Takahashi said that unless the Chinese themselves suppressed the rebels the Kwantung Army would despatch troops within the Wall on May 21st. In a meeting with Takahashi the same evening Yin Ju-keng, administrative inspector for the Miyün-Chihsien area assured him that the Chinese would exert themselves to suppress the force of Sun Yung-chin and that there was no need for the Kwantung Army to despatch forces inside the Wall.
On May 21 it was announced by the Tokyo War Ministry that a detachment of Kwantung Army troops would enter the demilitarized zone for the work of suppression but that they would be withdrawn as soon as the task had been completed. Japanese forces actually entered the demilitarized zone on May 20 or 21.
According to Japanese Legation official the matter is only a minor one of no particular significance and is not likely to develop new aspects.
Repeated to Nanking. To Tokyo and Tientsin by mail.