893.102 Tientsin/623: Telegram
The Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 8—6:52 a.m.]
50. My 43, March 26, 4 p.m.13 Barrier conditions have not improved; congestion and delays are probably greater particularly for British; some sentries stop cars at a distance and insist that drivers, including Americans, alight to present passes and wait for permission to proceed.
Almost daily oral representations are made to Japanese consular and military authorities, and on March 27th I wrote to the Japanese Consul General making specific reference to the delays being encountered by American owned cargo covered by consular certificates and requesting that, in conformity with the repeated assuraces of the Japanese authorities, such goods be passed promptly. The letter has not been answered and no beneficial effect can be observed.
Repeated to Chungking, Peiping. Air mail to Tokyo.
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