Office of the Historian

893.102 Kulangsn/262: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Lochhdrt), at Peiping

Washington, September 25, 1939—4 p.m.

204. Amoy’s September 15, 4 p.m., and September 24, noon, to Peiping. The Department does not understand in the telegrams under reference the mention of an “inspector general” of police and reference in Amoy’s September 15, 4 p.m., to the Municipal Council’s “capitulating”. The Department assumes that no new elements have recently been injected into the situation but requests that Amoy telegraph the Department a comprehensive summary of the detailed proposals contained in the Council’s letter, mentioned in Amoy’s September 24, noon, to the Japanese Consul General.

Sent to Peiping. Repeated to Chungking and Amoy. Peiping please repeat to Tokyo.

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