393.115/383: Telegram
The Third Secretary of Embassy in China (Allison) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, July 9, 1938—6
p.m.
[Received July 9—4:45 p.m.]
[Received July 9—4:45 p.m.]
132. Shanghai’s 893, June 24, 10 a.m. L. J. Mead of Standard Vacuum Oil Company, and T. F. Shields of Texas Company, both American citizens, arrived in Nanking together this afternoon on the U. S. S. Oahu. These are the first American businessmen who have returned to Nanking since its occupation by the Japanese.
Repeated to Hankow, Peiping and Shanghai. Peiping please repeat to Tokyo.
Allison