Office of the Historian

761.93/166: Telegram

The Minister in China (Crane) to the Secretary of State

Peking, November 26, 1920—5 p.m.
[Received November 26—10:19 a.m.]

405. Department’s 335, November 16, 6 p.m. In a conversation Yen strongly deprecated note of diplomatic corps on Russian affairs. [Page 779] Claimed he failed to see what interest non-Russian foreign powers had in the matter as Chinese Government willingly offered to negotiate separately on matters interesting to the several governments. Yen especially referred to Russian courts in Chinese Eastern zone the jurisdiction of which American Government had always opposed.

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