Office of the Historian

793.94/9783: Telegram

The Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet (Yarnell) to the Chief of Naval Operations (Leahy)85

[Shanghai,] August 30, 1937—6:35 p.m.
[Received August 30—8:22 a.m.]

0030. It is my intention unless otherwise directed to notify the Japanese Admiral that under existing conditions I cannot recognize the right of Japanese men-of-war to stop and search United States merchant vessels and that I shall instruct the vessels of my command accordingly.

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