Office of the Historian

893.00/13782: Telegram

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

Nanking, December 18, 1936—noon.
[Received December 18—8:45 a.m.]

360. I have just seen Dr. Kung and have conveyed to him our Government’s concern over safety of General Chiang. Dr. Kung asked me to express to the President and to you his thanks. Dr. Kung expressed himself as hopeful of a solution which would result in the safety of General Chiang although he admitted that the situation was still very serious. He told me that he expected General Chiang Ting Wen in Nanking this morning.

Sent to the Department; code text mailed to Tokyo and Peiping.

Johnson