793.94/7027a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson), at Nanking
46. Associated Press report from Nanking under date line June 12 states that Central Political Council, meeting in urgent session closed to the press and to the public, was reported today to have rejected the Japanese demands affecting North China; that Chinese reports of the meeting stated that the Council had telegraphed Ho Ying-chin instructing [Page 232] him to “prepare for eventualities should the Japanese carry out threats to advance upon Peiping and Tientsin.”
Please investigate accuracy of report and send reply as soon as practicable.