893.102 Kulangsu/254: Telegram
The Consul at Amoy (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 10—5 a.m.]
The Municipal Council has agreed to draft and forward to Uchida a formal proposal for the solution of the Kulangsu problem. It will call for the promotion of the present Japanese sub-inspector; in other respects it will be similar to the proposal outlined in paragraph 2 of my August 23, 8 p.m. Uchida has twice told Benninghoff that he favored such a solution but it is not known how strongly he recommended it to his Government (see my August 24, 7 p.m.32 and August 31, noon).
For your confidential information, in the light of changed world conditions and greatly improved local conditions in the past 10 days, the Council will probably consider accepting a new inspector to replace the present Japanese sub-inspector and to take over his contract, but as the present incumbent is satisfactory such a measure is not desired.
Sent to Peiping, repeated to Chungking, Shanghai. Peiping please repeat to Tokyo.
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