Office of the Historian

393.1163 Am 3/24: Telegram

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

Peking, May 9, 1927—5 p.m.
[Received May 9—7:35 a.m.]

533. 1. Following from Vincent,24 Hankow:

“May 7, 3 p.m. American Catholic missions at Shenchow and other cities in western Hunan looted and burned by the Chinese. Priests forced to flee; present whereabouts unknown.25 American property at Changsha is safe but the situation there may be chaotic.”

2. I have replied as follows:

“May 9, 3 p.m. For Vincent: Your May 7, 3 p.m. I assume all practicable steps being taken with local authorities for protection of the American lives and property involved.”

MacMurray
  1. John C. Vincent, vice consul, withdrawn from Changsha.↩
  2. A telegram from the consul general at Hankow, June 9, 1927, reported that some of the priests from Hunan had arrived safely at Kweiyang, Kweichow, and that others were proceeding there. (File No. 393.1163 Am 3/33.)↩