393.1163 Free Methodist/60: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
374. Department’s 230, October 13, 6 p.m., to Peiping, 325, October 24, 2 p.m., to Tokyo,97 and related telegrams in regard to difficulties of Americans in the area of Chenliu, Honan. The continued receipt of reports such as Chungking’s 604, November 22, 1 p.m., indicates [Page 411] that conditions affecting Americans have been far from satisfactory. Although the Embassy at Peiping made representations to the Japanese Embassy in that city early in October and the Embassy at Tokyo presumably made representations to the Foreign Office shortly thereafter, the second substantive paragraph of section 2 of Chungking’s 604 indicates that the local Japanese military authorities have not received the appropriate instructions which we should expect to have been issued following these representations. It is accordingly suggested that representations be vigorously renewed both in Peiping and in Tokyo.
Sent to Tokyo via Peiping. Repeated to Chungking, Shanghai, and Hankow. Peiping please repeat to Tokyo Peiping’s 602, November 25, 11 a.m.98