Office of the Historian

793.94/9290: Telegram

The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State

Hankow, August 11, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received August 11—1:40 p.m.]

My August 11, 11 a.m.79 A Japanese naval vessel is leaving this afternoon for Shanghai carrying all remaining Japanese. The Chinese population of the Japanese Concession which had all previously evacuated will now be permitted to return.

Repeated to Nanking, Peiping and Shanghai.

Josselyn
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