793.94/11135: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 16—8:50 a.m.]
921. My 907, November 12, 11 a.m. I have just talked with Mc-Nulty by telephone at Changchow. He states that Chinese military [Page 380] have agreed to respect areas mentioned in my November 12, 11 a.m. as places of refuge. He asks that this information be repeated to Japanese. He states Soochow was severely bombed Sunday. I promised to transmit this information for him. He has returned to refugee camps and I can of course not get in touch with him. He informed me that Americans have evacuated Puchow to refugee camp and that Americans at Changchow were evacuating that place for Nanking tonight. Please inform Admiral.
Sent to Shanghai. Repeated to Department and Tokyo.