893.00/5669: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 23—8:20 a.m.]
Marshal Chi probably returning Nanking without visiting Shanghai. Present headquarters Chenju. General Sun Chuan-fang has returned Hangchow. General Bei Bao-shan commander military district corresponding to former commissioner of defense for Shanghai and Sungkiang. Local conditions improving daily. Shanghai Volunteers demobilized yesterday. Naval landing force is being withdrawn. Huron sails tomorrow. Refugees returning to rural districts. Rice only one dollar above pre-war days. Railway service south of Sungkiang continues interrupted, also to Nanking.