893.811/1013: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
Following for Tokyo as No. 326:
“Shanghai’s 1225, September 14, 6 p.m., Whangpoo Conservancy. Unless you perceive objection thereto, Department requests that you consult with your British and French colleagues with a view to making separate but similar approaches to the Japanese Foreign Office in such manner as you and your colleagues may deem appropriate. It is suggested that you press for the return of all Conservancy equipment and property to a pre-hostilities status, stressing the damage which the enforced, paralysis of the activities of the Board is causing to the harbor at Shanghai to the detriment of that city and to the shipping and commercial interests there.”
Repeat to Chungking and mail copy to Peiping.