Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, The Far East, Volume IV

793.94/7913: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, May 23, 1936—11 a.m.
[Received May 23—2:25 a.m.]

111. According to the best information available to the Military Attaché, the Japanese Garrison in North China will be increased to about 4300 officers and men, or to 4675 if additional field artillery is to be sent. Japanese officers here deny that an army division is to be organized in North China.

Repeated to Peiping.

Grew