893.102 Kulangsu/174: Telegram
The Consul at Amoy (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 19—8:20 a.m.]
55. At a meeting between Consular and Naval Officers today it was decided that it may be necessary, should the Japanese authorities endeavor to prevent the landing of food and fuel in the Settlement from ships coming from Shanghai and other points, to place American, British and French sailors on the lighters. In view of the illegal and inhuman action of the Japanese in enforcing a food blockade and the fact that all three powers as signatories to the land regulations negotiated with certain responsibility to the inhabitants of the International Settlement, it is hoped that the Department will approve of my cooperating in the above projected action should it be required.
Sent to American Embassy at Peiping, Chungking, Consulate General at Shanghai.