793.94/9127: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
Hankow, August 2, 1937—11
a.m.
[Received 11:10 a.m.]
[Received 11:10 a.m.]
Department’s July 31, 1 p.m.33
- 1.
- Conditions quiet this consular district. Chinese residents have been leaving Japanese Concessions in considerable numbers during past few days and numbers of Japanese residents are leaving for down river. United States Navy reports Japanese Consulates closed at Chungking and Ichang and residents have left for down river August 1st and 2nd. Japanese naval forces at Hankow increased by one destroyer. Large quantities military supplies being sent north by Peiping-Hankow Railway, but comparatively little troop movement northward by rail during past few days.
- 2.
- On July 27th this office sent confidential letter to American residents of Hankow to be prepared in case of necessity to concentrate in certain designated areas and places. Copy of this letter sent to Embassy by despatch July 28th. I am keeping in close touch with Yangtze Patrol Commander who is at present in Hankow. British and other foreign Consuls are taking similar precautions. Repeated to Nanking and Peiping.
Josselyn
- Not printed.↩