Office of the Historian

793.94/13356: Telegram

The Consul at Chefoo (Roberts) to the Secretary of State

Chefoo, July 1, 1938—10 a.m.
[Received 8:44 p.m.]

Japanese naval forces yesterday boarded Chinese Maritime Customs cruiser Hai Cheng in Chefoo harbor and seized vessel ordering British master and executive officer Theodore W. Joyce, American, ashore. Chinese officers and crew were ordered to remain on board under penalty court martial.

Repeated to Embassy at Peiping and Hankow.

Roberts