793.94/9828: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:11 p.m.]
575. Embassy’s 536, August 27, 4 p.m.91
1. Following letter has been received from Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“Dear Mr. Ambassador: With reference to your letter addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on August 25, in which you stated that there was substantial information suggesting that the bombs which dropped in the International Settlement, south of the Soochow Creek, on August 23 were of Chinese origin, I beg to state that we did not fail to transmit the contents of your letter to the authorities concerned for investigation. I am now able to inform you that these [Page 299] authorities emphatically deny that the Chinese Air Forces possess any twin motor silver colored monoplane or has converted any plane belonging to any aviation company for bombing purposes, as has been claimed by certain observers. The matter is still under investigation by experts. Sincerely yours, (signed) Hsu Mo.”
2. Sent to Department. Repeated to Shanghai, Peiping.
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