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The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 20—1:50 p.m.]
301. Chahar situation continues to be obscure and to have serious potentialities. Sung Che-yuan arrived this morning at Peiping without previous announcement. He states that he will remain here for 2 or 3 days and then proceed to Tientsin. (Although his reason for going to Tientsin is not known, Sung has a house there in the British Concession where he will be safe from molestation and there is the possibility that he may lend himself to the activities of other Chinese in Tientsin who are resentful over past treatment by members of the National Government.) Takahashi states that Doihara will arrive at Peiping from Tientsin today; and also Matsui from Kalgan who has been handling negotiations. However, Chin Teh-chun who is negotiating on behalf of Chahar government left Peiping last night for Kalgan. An American correspondent who arrived this morning from Kalgan states that foreigners in Kalgan are uneasy over possible future activities of Sung’s army.
The new Commissioner of Public Safety at Tientsin is Lieutenant General Liu Ssu-jung, a graduate of Tokyo Military Academy and a former chief of staff of Marshal Sun Chuan-fang. The new Secretary General of the Mayor of Tientsin is Liu Sui-chang, graduate of Meiji University and a protégé of Ho Ying-chin.
Repeated to Nanking.