Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

393.1163/875a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

Washington, March 27, 1939—8 p.m.

76. A UP press dispatch from Shanghai dated March 27 states that “there is increasing conviction” that recent bombings of mission properties in China constitute “a deliberate attempt to destroy foreign institutions in China”.

Hull