Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume IV

793.94/9963: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, September 7, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received September 7—12:15 p.m.]

The Embassy was informed yesterday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs that “The Chinese Government has, in view of the present tense situation, closed to navigation the mouth of the Min Kiang, in Fukien Province, and that all shipping through that place has been suspended as from September 4”.

Johnson