893.102S/2479: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 25—4 a.m.]
152. My 151, April 24, 11 a.m. I spoke to the Minister for Foreign Affairs last evening of the concern of the Government of the United States over the situation as it affects the administration of the International Settlement of Shanghai and expressed the hope that the Chinese Government would refrain from any action tending to jeopardize further the situation there. The Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the Chinese Government appreciated the situation, was very anxious to be helpful without jeopardizing its own position and did not contemplate any further action in the matter. He stated that statement quoted in my 145, April 20, 9 a.m. (which has now been communicated to us officially by the Foreign Office) had been carefully drafted with that end in view.
Sent to the Department, repeated to Peiping, Shanghai.