893.102S/1879: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 11—9:50 a.m.]
810. I called on the Japanese Consul General this morning and made oral representations along lines of paragraph 4 of my number 808, September 10, 6 p.m. He stated in reply that he does not believe there is any intention to take over the western district by force and added that the Commander of the Japanese Naval Landing Force as the Senior Commandant is calling a meeting of the foreign commandants for September 14. I am informing Admiral Hart of the foregoing through the Senior United States Navy officer present.
Repeated to Tokyo, Chungking and Peiping.