793.94/8339: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, November 13, 1936—5
p.m.
[Received 5:10 p.m.]
[Received 5:10 p.m.]
545. Embassy’s 537, November 9, 5 p.m. Fighting is reported by press to have broken out on the Chahar–Suiyuan border on November 11 when an attack was launched on Suiyuan by the pro-Manchukuo forces of Li Shou Hsin at Shangtu, west of Chahar. Confirmation or details are not available.
Repeated to Tokyo, Nanking.
Johnson