793.94/9488: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 19—3 a.m.]
465. My 444, August 16, 11 a.m. Following telegram has been received from Shanghai:
“August 18, 1 p.m. Your August 16, noon. I met with my British, French, German and Italian colleagues this morning. We agreed to reply to our Ambassadors owing to developments and in the light of the earlier more limited proposal to which Mayor Yui returned no [Page 446] answer and which the Japanese Consul General had informed me had come too late, we consider the scheme impracticable.
2. I discussed matter with American Commander in Chief who feels that under present conditions the proposal is hopeless”.