793.94/13346: Telegram

The Commander in Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet ( Yarnell ), to the Chief of Naval Operations ( Leahy )8

0029. Chinese Foreign Office advises river officially blocked above Lienchiachen from 29 June but off record states river navigable along north bank slow speed another 48 hours. Plan Monocacy remain Kiukiang unchanged.

  1. Copy of telegram from the Commander, United States Yangtze Patrol (Le Breton), to the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Monocacy; transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.