393.115/290: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
351. Your 719, May 25, 3 p.m. The Department finds your telegram under reference very helpful.
Before reaching a decision in regard to the question of bringing to the attention of the Japanese Government the subject of interference with American trade in China, the Department would appreciate receiving additional data in regard to items such as the names of the American firm referred to by you and of other American firms, if any, whose business is being subjected to interference, the articles of American export and import trade affected, some instances of stopping Chinese craft from bringing American-owned goods to Shanghai, and any other ascertainable facts.