893.00/12–1348: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State

2740. CAT12 pilot arriving Shanghai 4 a. m. December 13 states all airfields Peiping closed last night. Traffic on Tientsin extremely heavy. CAF reported evacuating Peiping.

Sent Department 2740, repeated Nanking 2055, Peiping 268.

Cabot
  1. Chinese Air Transport.