793.94/10163: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)
Washington, September 24, 1937—1
p.m.
261. Reference Shanghai’s 738, September 20, 11 p.m., second paragraph, last sentence. The Department assumes that in cases in which American property is damaged as a result of the activities of the Chinese or the Japanese forces you are making, or causing to be made, whenever warranted and practicable, appropriate representations to the concerned authorities, Chinese or Japanese.
Hull