Office of the Historian

893.00/13767: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, December 15, 1936—4 p.m.
[Received December 15—9:35 a.m.]

352. Your 79, December 14, 1 p.m. I expect to see Minister for Foreign Affairs at 4 p.m. today and convey Department’s message. Nanking quiet. Situation unchanged. Government anxiously awaiting news of Donald’s visit Sian. Troops continue to move north.

Johnson