793.94/8914: Telegram
The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
Peiping
, July 22,
1937—2 p.m.
[Received July 22—9:05 a.m.]
[Received July 22—9:05 a.m.]
279. The following telegram has been received from the Consulate General at Harbin.
“15, July 21, 3 p.m. Information here is that the Japanese Army in North Manchuria is concentrated in greater strength than are reported on the Soviet border. Russian mechanics in Harbin have been recruited recently in some numbers by the Japanese Army for work near the Russian frontier”.
Repeated to Tokyo, Nanking.
Johnson