123 Olive, William M.: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cabot) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 10—1:50 a. m.]
2683. I issued the following statement to the press immediately following release of Olive:
“I have instructed Mr. Olive, for his own protection, to make no public statement regarding his case.”
After examining Olive, I issued the following statement to the press later in the day:
“I have only the following to add to what I said this morning. I have personally seen Mr. Olive’s injuries. We have had him examined medically and have taken photographs. There is no doubt whatever that Mr. Olive was brutally beaten by the police and that any statements such as that which appeared in the Liberation Daily this morning were obtained as a result of the barbarous treatment he received. On the other hand, I am gratified and reassured to find that the higher authorities, once the matter was brought to their attention, arranged for his speedy release.”
Repeated Canton 867; Nanking 1502.