393.115/486: Telegram
The Consul General at Hong Kong (Southard) to the Secretary of State
Hong
Kong, October 14, 1938—4
p.m.
[Received October 14—12:30 p.m.]
[Received October 14—12:30 p.m.]
Japanese Consul General requests that any American nationals in the districts of Waichow and Paklo be advised immediately to mark each of their properties with large flags which can be easily recognized from the air. He says there are some markings which are not clear enough.
Sent to Canton. Repeated to Chungking.
Southard