Office of the Historian

393.1115/983: Telegram

The Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet (Yarnell) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Leahy)47

[Shanghai,] September 20, 1937—9:15 a.m.
[Received September 20—7:30 a.m.]

0020. Am advising Admiral Hasegawa that our naval vessels will remain Nanking as long as any of our nationals are in the city and warning him to advise his aviators accordingly.

  1. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.↩