793.94/11878: Telegram
The Consul at Tsingtao (Sokobin) to the Secretary of State
Tsingtao, December 29, 1937—11
a.m.
[Received December 29—12:50 a.m.]
[Received December 29—12:50 a.m.]
Tsingtao terminals of the Japanese Tsingtao–Sasebo submarine cable and the former German submarine cables Tsingtao–Chefoo and Tsingtao–Shanghai were severed by explosions last night. Equipment in Tsingtao telegraph office also destroyed and wireless station deserted and closed. Director of the Telephone Administration is reported to have stated that telephone central will not be destroyed unless Mayor so directs.
All quiet this morning.
Sent to the Embassies, Shanghai.
Sokobin