Office of the Historian

393.1163 Am 3/225: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

Washington, September 24, 1937—7 p.m.

263. Your 707, September 23, 2 p.m.65 On September 23 the Department instructed Tokyo to make appropriate representations in regard to the endangering of the American personnel of the mission66 and on the same day authorized Tientsin to confirm in writing its oral protest to the Japanese Consul General.

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  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Precious Blood Monastery.↩