Office of the Historian

393.1115/1862: Telegram

The Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet (Yarnell) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Leahy)1

[Shanghai,] November 10, 1937—10:18 a.m.
[Received November 10—8:41 a.m.]

1110. American nationals evacuated to, 6 November: Shanghai 2,083; Peiping, Tientsin area 517; Chefoo, Tsingtao area 1,203; Yangtze River and interior 361; Foochow, Amoy, Swatow 93; Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow Provinces, Hainan Island 374, total evacuated 4,631. American nationals remaining: Shanghai 2,346; Peiping, Tientsin area 1,048; Chefoo, Tsingtao area 567; Yangtze River and interior 1, 147; Foochow, Amoy, Swatow 216; Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow Provinces, Hainan Island, 433, total remaining 5,757.

Civilian nationals returning in increasing numbers, further evacuation by naval vessels unnecessary under present circumstances. Naval dependents remaining in China as follows: Peiping officers 18, enlisted 23 that area placed on voluntary evacuation basis; Chefoo officers none, enlisted 4, all aliens; Tsingtao officers, 1 wife of British nationality, enlisted 2, both aliens; Shanghai officers none, enlisted 40 of whom 13 will leave on Henderson 10 November and 17 are aliens; Yangtze Valley officers none, enlisted 3, all aliens; Canton, Hong Kong officers 21, enlisted 18 that area placed on voluntary evacuation basis. This report will be discontinued unless further emergency arises.

  1. Copy transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.↩