393.1115/910: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 17—6:50 a.m.]
670. Your September 16, 11 a.m.36 Please relay following to Embassy at Tokyo.
“Your September 16, 5 p.m. Limitation as to time placed by Japanese Foreign Office would practically mean protection withdrawn from train leaving Hankow on 24th. I understand that accommodations due to limited rolling stock are such that passengers previously provided for on train leaving 24th could not be accommodated on train leaving the 22nd. In any case these down bound trains carrying passengers should be immune from attack. I wonder whether these considerations could not be brought to attention of Foreign Office.”
Sent to Shanghai. Repeated to the Department and Hankow.
- Not found in Department files.↩