Office of the Historian

793.94/13451: Telegram

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

Washington, July 15, 1938—noon.

443. Your 992, July 14, 6 p.m., proposed proclamation by the Shanghai Municipal Council. Department’s 438, July 13, 4 p.m. outlines Department’s position in regard to this matter.

The Department perceives no objection to your acting in accordance with the last sentence of paragraph 2 of your telegram under reference.8

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  1. The proposed proclamation was promulgated July 18.↩