893.046/5
The Consul at Mukden (Langdon) to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)60
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Embassy’s telegram of April 21, 10 A.M., 1940, quoting the Department’s telegraphic instruction [Page 871] No. 120 of April 20, 2 P.M. directing that I make representations at Hsinking over the judgment rendered against Luther L. Loucks, an American citizen, by the Mukden District Court, and to enclose for the Embassy’s records a copy of a memorandum61 left with Mr. Shigenori Tashiro, Vice Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs of the State Council of “Manchukuo”, of the oral representations made to him in the case.
Mr. Tashiro listened to my statement and received the memorandum without comment. When I had finished, he called in an aide and inquired about recent precedents for court action against extraterritorial foreigners which he believed existed. Here I interrupted him to state that there existed no precedents in respect to American nationals. Mr. Tashiro then said he would look into the matter.
Very respectfully yours,