793.94/8899: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 21, 1937—11
a.m.
[Received July 21—4:36 a.m.]
[Received July 21—4:36 a.m.]
310. My 306, July 20, 4 p.m., paragraph 7.
- 1.
- Vice Minister Hsu Mo asked me July 21, 10 a.m., to communicate to the American Ambassador the personal hope of General Chiang Kai-shek that Mr. Johnson will come to Nanking in order that he may exchange views with him more promptly and directly. The Vice Minister asked me to maintain secrecy in regard to this message from General Chiang.
- 2.
- The German Embassy and possibly other International Settlement missions have been informed by the Chinese Foreign Office in more emphatic terms than before that it is the hope of the Chinese Government that Chiefs of Mission will return as soon as possible to the capital.
- 3.
- Sent to the Department, Peiping.
Peck