Office of the Historian

893.102S/1877: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, September 7, 1939—1 p.m.
[Received September 7—4:30 a.m.]

521. Shanghai’s 796, September 4, 5 p.m. A responsible official of the Chinese Foreign Office has orally informed an officer of the Embassy that the Chinese Government has information that the Japanese authorities intend as of noon of September 8 to commence replacement with Japanese forces of the armed forces of the belligerent nations in the French Concession and the International Settlement of Shanghai.

Repeated to Peiping and Shanghai. Shanghai please repeat to Tokyo.

Johnson