793.04/12313: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
London
, February 4, 1938—11 p.m.
[Received February 4—6:47 p.m.]
[Received February 4—6:47 p.m.]
99. Mr. Hugh Wilson3 informs me that, when talking privately with Mr. Eden for a moment this afternoon, Mr. Eden told him that if the Japanese attacked Hong Kong they would act at once in its defense; that this might mean the withdrawal of substantial forces from the Mediterranean but that the British could not do otherwise. He further said that the British would act to defend Hong Kong if attacked regardless of what American action might be.
Johnson
- Newly appointed Ambassador to Germany.↩