693.002/794: Telegram
The Consul General at Canton (Myers) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 13—1:15 p.m.]
80. Reference my 69, November 24, noon.25 I have learned that after the return last week of the Japanese Consul General from a brief visit to Tokyo he gave assurances to the Commissioner of Customs that the control over the customs contemplated by the Japanese will be similar to that exercised at other ports in Japanese occupied areas and that the Commissioner has accepted the situation under protest.
It is understood that the Japanese have promised to protect the staff for whom quarters have been procured in the city and the customs is ready to function outside as well as in the customhouse, however, the Japanese have not thus far agreed to the exercise by the customs of control over the harbor or have they returned the customs launches which were seized shortly after the entry of Japanese troops into Canton.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping, Shanghai. Shanghai please repeat to Tokyo.
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