393.11/489: Telegram

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

Your telegram March 22, 3 p.m.10 The American Red Cross states that when you cable that an emergency exists “stating the number of Americans in actual want who have no other means of succor, the need that exists for food, shelter, clothing, etc., the plan under which relief will be administered and the amount of financial help necessary, the Red Cross will take prompt and appropriate action, as it has done in situations similar to that which may develop in China.”

Kellogg
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