793.94/10725: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 18—5:08 p.m.]
867. From reports from official sources it appears that 1990 Chinese and 16 foreigners have been killed and 2800 Chinese and 27 foreigners have been injured in the neutral foreign protected areas at Shanghai from August 13 up to October 10 from airplane bombs and antiaircraft and other missiles. Of the 16 foreigners three were Americans.89 These figures do not include the dead and injured during recent days.
For your information it is also reported that 15 Chinese and 3 foreigners were killed and 69 Chinese and 8 foreigners were injured in assaults by Chinese mobs. Of the 3 foreigners killed, 2 were Japanese and 1 Portuguese mistaken for Japanese. Of the 8 foreigners injured, 2 were Japanese, and 1 Korean, 1 Formosan, 3 Russian and 1 British.
Sent to the Department. Repeated to Nanking, Peiping.
- Killed August 14 by bombs from Chinese airplanes.↩