Office of the Historian

394.1153 Feiting/5: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Shanghai, December 1, 1937—4 p.m.
[Received December 1—7 a.m.]

1054. My 1048, November 30, 9 p.m. The launch has been returned by the Japanese with the flag restored. The written report made to [Page 387] me by the American company states that the Japanese sailors lowered the American flag and tossed it to the crew of an adjacent launch. The details required by your 593, November 30, 7 p.m. will follow later.21

Repeated to Tokyo.

Gauss
  1. Telegram No. 1055, December 1, 5 p.m., not printed. The Consul General reported that after careful investigation he considered that the sale of the launch to the American company was made in good faith. (394.1153 Feiting/6)↩