393.115/519: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 23—5 a.m.]
76. Department’s telegram No. 20, November 22, 3 p.m.47 Information from His Majesty’s Ship Sandpiper at Changsha sent November 19th states property on island undamaged but in Changsha City all foreign property believed destroyed except that of Butterfield [Page 544] and Swire, British-American Tobacco Company, Customs and Yale in China. Missionaries staying at Yale compound refused to leave, all other foreigners and their Chinese staffs safely evacuated to oil installations. British naval office here has received no further reports regarding property at Changsha; message this morning states foreigners well and food supply adequate. No information yet received regarding American properties at Yochow.
- Not printed; it inquired regarding condition of American properties in areas affected by hostilities (393.115/518). At Changsha, Chinese ordered destruction prior to withdrawal.↩