Office of the Historian

123J634/345: Telegram

The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, June 9, 1935—5 p.m.
[Received June 9—6:45 a.m.]

145. Having approached Foreign Office with view to obtaining agrément of Chinese Government to appointment of Minister Johnson as Ambassador to China, Director of the Department of International Affairs of Foreign Office informs me that his Government will receive Mr. Johnson as Ambassador with great pleasure.

Repeated to Peiping.

For the Minister:
Atcheson