394.1153 Smith Company, Werner G./15: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 20—5 p.m.]
873. Following from Tokyo:
“June 20, 4 p.m. Our 390, June 18, 8 p.m.73 Wood oil of Werner G. Smith Company. The representations made at the Foreign Office late Saturday afternoon were repeated by me in an interview today with the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and were supported by an aide-mémoire. Referring to our memorandum presented to the Foreign Office on May 6, I entered an emphatic protest at the long delay in releasing this American property and stated that this delay as well as the unwarranted conditions which those responsible for its detention are seeking to attach to the release are becoming a matter of concern to my Government. I mentioned this case in connection with the representations reported in my 392, June 20, 5 p.m.
The Vice Minister promised an immediate investigation.
Please repeat to Nanking and to Department as our 391, June 20, 4 p.m. Grew.”