693.002/658: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
Washington, May 23, 1938—4
p.m.
335. Your 680, May 18, 2 p.m., Chinese Maritime Customs. If you are asked to advise any Chinese Maritime Customs official in regard to action affecting the deposit in question, you should state that you do not wish to express an opinion in the matter.
Repeat to Hankow, Peiping, and Tokyo.
Hull