706.6162/2: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 20—9:30 a.m.]
594. Legation’s 585 [589], July 19, 1 a.m. Secretary of the German Legation states that the Soviet Government has requested the [Page 215] Legation to take over the protection of Soviet interests in the Peking, Mukden, and Harbin areas, Germany having already had charge of Russian interests in Shanghai, Canton and elsewhere in South China for some time. The Secretary has telegraphed to the German Minister, who is now at Peitaiho, for instructions and he expects to be authorized sometime today to accede to the Soviet request.