393.1163 Seventh Day Adventist/48: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:24 p.m.]
865. Last night during the course of an air raid on Hongkew and Yangtzepoo areas, Chinese planes dropped one or more incendiary bombs on the property of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, located at 526 Ningkuo Road, Yangtzepoo. One large two storied brick building was struck by incendiary bomb and completely destroyed by fire. It is requested that Embassy bring this to the attention of the Chinese Government with a protest on the bombing and destruction of American property by Chinese planes.
2. During their several raids last night Chinese planes again flew over the foreign protected area at Shanghai thus drawing Japanese anti-aircraft fire and endangering foreign and Chinese noncombatants [Page 368] to a repetition of the frightful slaughter of bloody Saturday, August 14.
Sent to Nanking. Repeated to the Department.