Office of the Historian

793.94/9567: Telegram

The Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet (Yarnell) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Leahy)68

[Shanghai,] August 22, 1937—12:15 p.m.
[Received August 22—6 a.m.]

0022. Joint letter signed by American, British and French Admirals69 has been sent to Admiral Hasegawa protesting against presence of a Japanese destroyer about 300 yards down stream from Augusta and requesting that all Japanese vessels be kept below Hongkew Creek. Substance of reply will be communicated when received.

  1. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.↩
  2. Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 487.↩