793.94/8186: Telegram
The Chargé in Japan (Dickover) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 28—6:20 a.m.]
197. 1. At a press conference this afternoon with foreign correspondents conducted personally by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, he emphasized that China was at the cross roads and declared that the Japanese Government was now in the course of deciding what steps it must take to protect its nationals.
[Page 315]2. According to vernacular press, conferences between Foreign Office and Defense Ministries continue to be held from day to day. Kokumin yesterday reported that army has decided to insist that the National Government be pressed at this opportunity for the settlement of the question of the autonomous regime in the five northern provinces.
Repeated to Peiping.