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

393.1163Am3/380: Telegram

The Consul General at Canton (Myers) to the Secretary of State

Canton, August 3, 1939—4 p.m.
[Received 8:10 p.m.]

89. Reference Hong Kong’s 247, August 2, 9 a.m.³⁰ I have appropriately protested destruction of Catholic Mission at Kweilin to Japanese Consul General, requesting that more effective measures be taken at once to cause cessation of increasingly frequent attacks on American properties in this area.

I am reliably informed that recent bombings in Kwangsi Province have been conducted by naval planes.

Repeated to Chungking, Hong Kong and Peiping, for repetition to Tokyo.

Myers

30. Not printed.