793.94/7032: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, June 13, 1935—10
a.m.
[Received June 13—8:15 a.m.]
[Received June 13—8:15 a.m.]
149. My 148, June 11, 11 a.m. I learn from reliable Chinese official source that the Japanese military in the north are now demanding: (1) that in future no Central Government troops be stationed north of the Yellow River, (2) that Ho Ying-chin give a written undertaking of compliance with Japanese suggestions concerning North China, and (3) that Chiang Kai-shek himself return to Nanking to meet with Japanese military officials with a view to the adoption of a definite and “sincere” policy of Sino-Japanese “cooperation”.
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- A report from dependable foreign source has been received here that yesterday 5,000 Japanese troops reached Shanhaikwan and were preparing to entrain for Peiping and that with them were 600 Japanese railway employees.
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- Nanking is upset by rumors arising from meetings yesterday of National Defense Council, Central Executive Committee, Central Political Committee and a conference last night between Wang Chingwei, Sun Fo, H. H. Kung, T. V. Soong and other leaders [and?] continuing today and which replaces the Hankow conference mentioned in my 139, June 5, 10 a.m. According to an unconfirmed report [Page 234] from Chinese sources the conferees named are considering favorably a proposed reorientation of Chinese foreign policy the principal tenet of which is an attempt to form some kind of Sino-Japanese political partnership as a last hope of blocking further advance of Japanese to begin [of Japanese military?] on the Asiatic continent.
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- To Tokyo by mail.
For the Minister:
Atcheson