393.1164 University of Shanghai/34: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
409. Your 912, June 27, 4 p.m., in regard to the University of Shanghai. The Department is inclined to concur in the view expressed in the first part of the final sentence of paragraph 4 of your telegram under reference. Although we feel that return of the property subject to the conditions mentioned in your telegram would not produce a satisfactory situation and are prepared to authorize continuance of endeavors, in every way practicable and appropriate, toward obtaining the return of the property to the occupancy and control of its American owners, responsibility for reaching a decision in the immediate matter rests with the mission authorities.
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