Office of the Historian

893.0146/699: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, September 21, 1939—noon.
[Received September 24—10:10 a.m.]

508. Commandant of the Italian Guard at Peiping, which guard now numbers about 50 men, states that all but 10 or 12 of the guard will be transferred to the Italian Concession at Tientsin on or about October 1st. One officer will remain here with the 10 men. The British have a guard of approximately 100 men and the French approximately 110 men.

Repeated to Chungking; code text by airmail to Tokyo.

Lockhart