793.94/11006: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 6—8:10 a.m.]
943. My No. 939, November 5, 7 p.m. Heavy Japanese shelling of the Monument Road area combined with infantry attacks launched early this morning have resulted in further Japanese gains along this sector. No details are available regarding the landing operation undertaken by Japanese troops on the Pootung peninsula east of Chapu but the Japanese military describe the operation as “highly successful”.
An agreement has been reached between representatives of the International Red Cross Committee and the Japanese and Chinese whereby a small safety zone to harbor the Chinese civilian population and refugees is established in the northern half of the Chinese native city immediately adjacent to the French Concession. Sent to the Department, repeated to Nanking and Peiping.