Office of the Historian

793.94/9050: Telegram

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

Nanking, July 29, 1937—6 p.m.
[Received July 29—9:03 a.m.]

341. Donald, adviser to Chiang Kai-shek, has just told an officer of the Embassy that preparations are being made to break off relations with Japan and to undertake general hostilities against Japanese troops. He said that in Chiang’s words the Chinese will fight to the finish.

Sent to Tokyo, Shanghai.

Johnson