793.94/7001: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, June 4, 1935—5
p.m.
[Received June 4—1:25 p.m.]
[Received June 4—1:25 p.m.]
242. Legation’s 236, June 2, 2 p.m.
- 1.
- Yu Hsueh-chung left Tientsin yesterday afternoon for Paoting.
- 2.
- Hankow Consulate telegraphs Chiang Kai-shek expected there end of week and that Chang Hsueh-liang flew to Chengtu yesterday.
- 3.
- Despatch from Tsinanfu Consulate, received today, states Japanese Consul General there pressing for Mayor’s dismissal and the removal of Chang Hung-lieh, Commissioner of Reconstruction. Han Fu-chu is stated to be much concerned over these developments and it [he] is disposed to believe that they have some relation to the general North China ambitions of the Japanese.
- 4.
- Several changes in personnel of political organizations here have already occurred and it is predicted more are to follow.
Repeated to Nanking and Tokyo.
For the Minister:
Lockhart