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390.1115A/146a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)

Washington, October 28, 1940—4 p.m.

518. Hankow’s October 23, 10 a.m. to Shanghai.6 At this time when the Department is declining to issue or validate for travel to certain areas in the Far East including China passports of American women and children and men whose presence in those areas is not considered urgently or essentially needed, it goes without saying that American consular officers should not apply to the Japanese authorities for permits or facilities for Americans of the categories mentioned to travel to interior points in China.

Sent to Shanghai. Repeated to Peiping, Chungking and Hankow.

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  1. Not printed.↩