693.001/411b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart), at Peiping
305. The Department has found reports from the Embassy and consular offices in China in regard to matters involving American rights and interests to be of great value and assistance. With reference to the situation forming the subject of our note of October 6 and the Japanese reply thereto of November 18, the Department desires that it be kept currently and promptly informed through radio reports of specific instances, together with the circumstances thereof, of denial of equality of commercial opportunity to American concerns [Page 97] and individuals and of unwarranted interference with American activity in China.
Sent to Peiping, Tientsin, Chefoo, Tsingtao, Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow and Canton. Repeated to Chungking for information.