893.24/401: Telegram
The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
Chungking
, November
15, 1938—10 a.m.
[Received November 15—7 a.m.]
[Received November 15—7 a.m.]
544. Arthur Young97 informs me that the French having stopped the transshipment through French Indo-China of arms and munitions destined for China, the Chinese Government has made representations to the French Government pointing out that such a measure in effect constitutes in [an?] application of a form of sanctions against China. Repeated to Peiping.
Johnson
- American adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Finance.↩