Office of the Historian

611.939/218: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)

Washington, November 27, 1939—5 p.m.

465. Reference Shanghai’s despatches 2627, October 23, and 2637, October 27,22 in regard to unwarranted interference of the Japanese in the China egg trade. The Department desires that the Consulate General in Shanghai and the Embassy in Tokyo continue their efforts to obtain a removal of unwarranted interference by the Japanese with American participation in the China egg trade and that developments in regard thereto be reported to the Department by telegraph.23

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

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  1. Latter not printed.↩
  2. In telegram No. 671, December 8, 6 p.m., the Ambassador in Japan reported that in reply to his representations the Japanese Foreign Office had stated that it had instructed Japanese officials at Shanghai to exert themselves for a prompt compromise settlement (611.939/233).↩