393.1115/2008: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
324. The American Embassy at Nanking reports that there remain at Nanking about 40 Americans including 5 members of the Embassy staff who are at the Embassy. The U. S. S. Panay is also at Nanking. It is understood that a number of Americans together with a number of other nationals are being accommodated on Jardine Matheson and Company’s hulk which lies 4 miles up river from the Nanking Bund.
Please bring the above to the attention of the Japanese Foreign Office with the request that the appropriate Japanese military and naval authorities be promptly notified.