393.115/510: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 9—9 a.m.]
50. My 47, November 8, 3 p.m. During call on Japanese Consul General today he gave me a sample of an identification card which he states “it is advisable but not obligatory” for all Americans to obtain through the American Consulate General. These cards, which he stated will be printed next week, show name, age, nationality, address and occupation of holder, also spaces for photograph and for stamp of this Consulate General in addition to stamp of Japanese Consulate General. He stated that this card is not a pass to enable holder to go outside the former Concession areas but is to ensure freedom of movement within such areas and that a separate pass issued by the Japanese military will be necessary for an American to proceed to any place outside the former concessions.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping.