Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East: China, Volume VII

893.00/6–548: Telegram

The Consul at Shanghai (Pilcher) to the Secretary of State

Shanghai, June 5, 1948—10 a. m.
[Received June 5—12:21 a. m.]

1260. Large anti-American student parade to be attempted today. Mayor⁹¹ informs me he has ordered universities participating to be surrounded by cordons of police to prevent departure of students from campus and that plain-clothes men are being detailed to Consulate offices and other centers of American activities. Report received that students are preparing present anti-American Japan aid petition to Consul General this afternoon. Consulate General being officially closed, Mayor suggests that I do not appear.

Sent Department, Nanking 1013.

Pilcher

91. K. C. Wu.