Office of the Historian

793.94/9528: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, August 19, 1937—noon.
[Received August 20—6:45 a.m.]

467. The informant cited in Embassy’s 460, August 18, noon,44 states that Chinese Communist troops are already in Suiyuan moving toward the Chahar front for guerilla acting [warfare?], thus confirming similar information reported in our 404, August 12, 9 a.m.

2. Further word that Chinese Communists are joining with the Government to form a popular front has been received from an official [Page 447] who recently attended a social affair given by Chiang Kai-shek at which were present at one table Feng Yu Hsiang, Yen Hsi Shan, Pai Chung Hsi, Chu Teh, Mao Tze Tung and Chou En Lai.45

Repeated to Tokyo.

Johnson
  1. Not printed; the Soviet Military Attaché in China was cited.↩
  2. The last three were Chinese Communist leaders.↩