393.1123 Nyhus, Phoebe/16: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 3—8:30 a.m.]
1388. Reference bombing of American Mission at Tungpeh and Nyhus family. Japanese Consul General called yesterday and stated that military report discloses that Japanese planes bombed Chinese troops at Tungpeh on October 24 but pilots report they did not “remember” any foreign property there. Consul General stated that there was no deliberate attack on American Mission property, that [Page 524] he regretted the unfortunate occurrence, and that investigation would be made by Japanese upon their capture of Tungpeh which is still in Chinese hands. I pointed out that the American Embassy at Peiping sent map showing this American property to Japanese Embassy on March 3 and that the Japanese military authorities should therefore have been aware of this mission property at Tungpeh.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping, Tokyo and Hankow.