893.00/13157: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 27—6:50 a.m.]
381. Following telegram has been received from the Consul General at Hankow:
“July 26, 1 p.m. Reports are that main bodies Communists moving from Maokung and Maohsien areas in Szechuan northward toward Chinghai and/or Kansu. Telegraphic warning was sent yesterday to American mission stations in southern Kansu. Only Americans at stations in Chinghai belong to China Inland Mission. British Consulate General sent similar warning through China Inland Mission on information received from British Embassy. Despatch follows.”