Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The Far East, Volume III

793.94/13578: Telegram

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

Shanghai, July 28, 1938—10 p.m.
[Received July 28—7:40 p.m.]

1042. My 1011, July 19, 5 p.m.²⁸ and Hankow’s No. 379, July 27, 5 p.m.²⁹

1. The Chinese mentioned in my 964, July 8, 3 p.m., who was arrested on July 7 with a bomb in his possession and who later confessed that he was one of a group who had been sent here from Hankow for the purpose of conducting terrorism, was handed over to the Japanese authorities on July 25. This is the first, and up to date the only application of the revised proclamation of July 18. Despite apparent efforts on the part of the municipal authorities to avoid publicity, the local press is now carrying reports of the protest made by the National Government. The municipal police are still holding and questioning 29 other persons who have been arrested since July 7, most of them in connection with the two murders reported in my 1028, July 23 [22] 1 p.m.³⁰ It has not been learned what further evidence has been obtained from these suspects nor what final action will be taken in regard to them.

2. An attack on July 25 has been the only one since my July 23, 1 p.m. The intended victim, an official of the Salt Tax Bureau of the “Ta Tao government” escaped with slight injuries. Police inflicted serious wounds on the assassin who died soon after his capture.

Repeated to Hankow and Peiping.

Lockhart

28. For substance of telegram, see footnote 8, p. 226.
29. Vol. iv, p. 135.
30. Not printed.