793.94/8552: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, March 23, 1937—4
p.m
[Received March 23—8:30 a.m.]
[Received March 23—8:30 a.m.]
97. Reference Embassy’s 86, March 9, noon;63 paragraph 5 Embassy’s 88, March 11, 4 p.m.; and paragraphs 3 and 4 Embassy’s 92, March 16, 5 p.m.
- 1.
- A well informed civilian Japanese official has stated in private conversation that he sees no probability of a change in the status of Yin Ju Keng’s régime in East Hopei nor of a return of Chahar north of the Great Wall to Chinese control.
- 2.
- The Vice Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army told the local representative of the Chicago Daily News a few days ago that he did not believe it likely that the status of Yin Ju Keng’s régime would be changed for the present. He also said that the Japanese military have advised the Mongols in Chahar not to try to win Suiyuan by fighting but by peaceful negotiation and that there will be no fighting of any sort against the Chinese forces in Suiyuan.
By mail to Tokyo.
Lockhart
- Not printed.↩