793.94/7551: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 20—9:10 a.m.]
236. According to an American, long resident in Peiping with close associations with Chinese, Tada who came to Peiping yesterday left for Tientsin this morning with Doihara having come to an agreement with Sung Cheh-yuan to let the new Political Council function for 3 months on trial.
2. This informant stated that Sung has told Yin Ju-keng that he should abandon his present position and return to his former work and that if Yin does not Sung will report it to Nanking following which if Nanking reaffirms the order for Yin’s arrest Sung will carry out that order.
Repeated to Nanking, by mail to Tokyo.