793.94/7025: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 11—3:50 p.m.]
263. Presumably for the purpose of improving Japanese feeling the National Government issued a mandate June 10 which tells the Chinese people to be sincerely friendly to friendly countries and which “prohibits” words or actions provocative of ill feeling and any sort of organization which constitutes an obstacle to international relationships.
It is believed that the immediate intentions of the Japanese military with regard to North China may be better understood following the meeting of their leaders at Tientsin June 12.
A Rengo report claims that the Japanese have demanded the dissolution of the Peiping branch political affairs committee and the Peiping military council. From statements made in strict confidence by a Chinese official [it] appears that such a demand may have been made or is anticipated. This Rengo report of recent Japanese demands indicates Japanese intention to remove from all of Hopei Province Chinese political and military control and not limited to withdrawal to Paoting.