Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume IV

393.1115/1019: Telegram

The Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet (Yarnell) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Leahy)⁵⁴

[Shanghai,] September 21, 1937—8:50 a.m.
[Received September 21—7 a.m.]

0021. Orders have been given Comyangpat⁵⁵ to keep a gunboat at Nanking as long as there are any United States nationals there who may require assistance or protection.

54. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.
55. Commander, U. S. Yangtze Patrol (Marquart).