893.00/13509: Telegram
The Consul General at Canton (Spiker) to the Secretary of State
Canton, June 1, 1936—4
p.m.
[Received June 1—2:35 p.m.]
[Received June 1—2:35 p.m.]
Following supplements paragraph 1 of my June 1, 10 a.m. There are persistent local reports that Japanese machinations using Kwangsi leaders as dupes or willing tools against Chiang resulted in the document alleged to be Hu’s will which document lends support to Japanese so-called anti-Communistic activities in North China and at the same time denounces Chiang as a dictator: the anti-Japanese item in the document serving as a screen. This telegram has been sent to the Department and the Embassy.
Spiker