Office of the Historian

793.94/10335: Telegram

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

Nanking, September 30, 1937—6 p.m.
[Received September 30—10:30 a.m.]

741. Commander-in-Chief reported in his despatch 0024–1610 attacks upon Chinese fishing fleets off southern coast. Further details are reported in Hong Kong’s telegram of September 29, 4 p.m.21 This action, it seems to me, merits some comment by us in any case and representations [to] that effect made to the Japanese Government as being contrary to ordinary international practice.

Johnson
  1. Not printed.↩