793.94/11916: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 31—9:30 a.m.]
1255. Reference my 1219, December 23, 9 p.m. regarding Wuhu incidents. Japanese Consul General writes me that he immediately ordered an officer to proceed from Nanking to Wuhu to investigate but due to shifts in military units it has not yet been possible to contact the military unit believed to have been involved. He is doing his best to contact the responsible unit. He adds that military authorities have issued instructions to the military unit now at Wuhu with a view to preventing recurrence of similar incidents in the future.
Repeated to Hankow.