Office of the Historian

393.1115/3292

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

No. 2958
Tokyo, May 27, 1938.
[Received June 17.]

Sir: With reference to Shanghai’s telegram of May 17, 1 p.m., which repeated Foochow’s telegram of May 13, 7 a.m., and pertinent portions of Ambassador Johnson’s telegram of May 16, noon,29 regarding a proposed safety area at Tsangchienshan, Foochow, Fukien Province, I have the honor to report that, in accordance with Ambassador Johnson’s suggestion, on May 18 the Counselor of the Embassy handed to Mr. Yoshizawa, Chief of the American Bureau of the Foreign Office, a memorandum informing the Japanese Government of the concentration of American nationals at Tsangchienshan and listing the number of Americans at various points in the interior, with the request that this information be communicated to the appropriate military authorities. A copy of this memorandum is enclosed.30

Respectfully yours,

Joseph C. Grew
  1. Quoted in telegram No. 675, May 17, 10 a.m., from the Consul General at Shanghai, p. 323.↩
  2. Not printed.↩