Chapter III: July 26–August 13, 1937

Further armed clashes, Japanese demands for Chinese troop evacuation of Peiping–Tientsin area; Chinese military withdrawal from Peiping–Tientsin area; China’s determination to resist continuing Japanese aggression, July 29–30; Chinese Ambassador’s inquiry of Secretary of State as to possible invocation of 1922 treaty relating to China; Chinese Finance Minister’s suggestions of U.S. aid to China, August 6; Chinese warning against use by Japanese armed forces of Shanghai International Settlement, August 8; shooting incident near Hungjao military air field at Shanghai, August 9; American offer of good offices at Tokyo, August 10; proposal by foreign powers to exclude Shanghai from area of hostilities between Chinese and Japanese, August 11; interview of foreign Ambassadors with Generalissimo Chiang; Japanese reply to foreign proposal, August 13


[327] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9110: Telegram


[328] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9105: Telegram


[330] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9120: Telegram


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

793.94/9117: Telegram


[333] The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9127: Telegram


[334] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9128: Telegram


[335] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9131: Telegram


[336] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9122: Telegram


[337] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Henderson) to the Secretary of State

702.6193/78: Telegram


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

793.94/9172: Telegram


[339] The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9149: Telegram


[340] The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) at Peiping

793.94/9122: Telegram


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

793.94/9159: Telegram


[342] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9136: Telegram


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

793.94/9165: Telegram


[344] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9151: Telegram


[345] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9143: Telegram


[346] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9152: Telegram


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

793.94/9191: Telegram


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

793.94/9175: Telegram


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

793.94/9179: Telegram


[350] The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9180: Telegram


[351] The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State

852.00/6164: Telegram


[352] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham)

793.94/9151: Telegram


[353] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

793.94/9151: Telegram


[354] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

811.3394/265: Telegram


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

793.94/9193: Telegram


[356] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

793.94/9189: Telegram