793.94/15371: Telegram
The Chargé in Japan (Dooman) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 13—7 a.m.]
471. 1. The Imperial Headquarters has just issued the following communiqué:
“In view of present conditions and to facilitate final settlement of the China incident, the new Supreme Command of the armies in China has been established.”
2. The War Department simultaneously announced the following appointments: General Toshizo Nishio, Commander in Chief of the [Page 246] armies in China; Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, Chief of Staff of the armies in China; Lieutenant General Yoshijiro Umezu, Commander in Chief of the Kwantung Army; General Gen Sugiyama has been appointed to the Military Council.
Shanghai please repeat to Chungking, Peiping.