Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, The Far East, Volume IV

893.00/13443: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, April 3, 1936—10 a.m.
[Received April 3—7 a.m.]

78. This office’s 75, April 1, 11 a.m.⁶⁷

1. Foreign Office has telephoned that, in accordance with this office’s suggestion and as reported in the press, General Yen Hsi Shan presumably on April 1 sent a plane over Hungtung and Linfen which dropped messages arranging a signal code with result that the missionaries in those two towns signaled that they are safe and well. A telegram received from Yen in this connection stated that Government troops were “relieving the siege” of Hungtung and Linfen and expected shortly to occupy both places.

2. Repeated to Peiping, Tientsin, Shanghai.

Peck

67. Not printed.