793.94/9183: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 5—9:45 a.m.]
19. I have been reliably informed that during the first 4 days of August 14,000 troops, 10 heavy howitzers, twenty-four 75-millimeter field pieces, 4 tanks, 25 armored cars and huge quantities of military supplies have been brought to Tangku by the Japanese. Nearly all of the troops came by train but a few troops and quantities of supplies were brought by ship. These troops and supplies are being transferred to Tientsin and Peiping but it [is] not possible to check on them here at the present time. No activity on the part of Japanese airplanes here today as Tientsin airfields are too wet for bombers to take off and low heavy clouds make airplane reconnaissance work impossible.