793.94/7054: Telegram
The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:20 a.m.]
163. 1. Reported alienation of Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Hunan is being officially denied but officials admit privately that disaffection exists in those provinces and the informant mentioned in my 162, June 15, 7 p.m.83 states that this is the outcome of Japanese intrigue by Doihara, Admiral Hyakutake and others. It is also officially denied that Chiang Kai Shek received Hyakutake at Chengtu on June 7 but persistent reports state Hyakutake actually talked with Chiang there and then flew to Changsha with the result that Hunan was brought into the separatist movement.
2. I learn from authoritative source (although this too is officially denied) that on afternoon of June 13 Ariyoshi handed Wang Ching Wei an 8-point memorandum concerning Sino-Japanese issues. Huang Fu is understood to have arrived this morning to act in advisory capacity and to have reiterated his determination to resign his northern post. Chiang Kai Shek so far has not come to Nanking. Ho Ying Chin is reliably reported to have refused to return to Peiping to attempt settlement with the Japanese military and Government leaders fear that grave developments in North China may result.
3. Despatched to the Department and Legation.
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