893.00/15212: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:45 a.m.]
2494. Reference previous concerning bandit attack on American convoy. Following is Kunming’s 50, December 25, 11 a.m.:
“Letter dated December 24 received from Special Delegate to the following effect: Although the two bandits captured have been found guilty and have been sentenced to be shot, the Provincial Government has ordered the discharge of the Lunan magistrate for failure to destroy the remainder within a given time limit; the newly appointed magistrate has been instructed to order his militia to search out and exterminate the remaining bandits from time to time to establish patrols on the highways. Complete text in translation follows by mail.”