Office of the Historian

394.112/143: Telegram

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, July 12, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 1:15 p.m.]

567. Reference Chefoo’s July 5, 3 p.m. to Peiping.90 I have today lodged a strong protest with the Foreign Minister regarding the outrageous incident involving trespass by two armed and uniformed Japanese on the American Presbyterian Mission at Chefoo and attacks by them on American citizens therein.91

Sent to Shanghai. Shanghai please repeat to Peiping, Chungking and Chefoo.

Grew
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. The Ambassador in Japan in his telegram No. 931, October 2, 9 p.m., reported the Japanese Foreign Office reply which defended Japanese action and requested American nationals in China to “take a self-restraining attitude in order to avoid the occurrence of similar incidents in the future.” (394.112/156.)↩