893.00/10–848: Telegram
The Consul General at Tsingtao (Turner) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 20—9:44 a. m.]
155. Local Sino Army HQ received orders October 7 to evacuate Chefoo by October 9, troops to proceed Chinchow area. Kuo Ju-kuei, chief of G–5 Nanking, now Chefoo carrying Generalissimo’s order direct to General Wang Po-hsuen. This move will free all local Commie units in Kiaotung Peninsula for harassing of Tsingtao perimeter. ConGen has asked local Pacification Area commander to assure evacuation those foreigners who wish leave Chefoo. No American citizens known to be resident Chefoo.
Sino military here also state that 13,000 men of Thirty-first Army to be stationed Tsingtao area. Remainder bound for Tangku as result personal intervention Tientsin mayor with Generalissimo. Units of Thirty-first Army here to be placed in training camps.
Sent Nanking 788, repeated to Department for information as 155.