Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II

861.77 Chinese Eastern/60: Telegram

The Consul at Harbin (Hanson) to the Secretary of State

Harbin, July 21, 1929—8 p.m.
[Received July 22—12:32 a.m.]

Report received to the effect that two Chinese merchant ships Ilan [and] Haicheng seized by Soviet Russians on Amur River who have assured Roy Talbot, American Commissioner of Customs, Taheiho, that they will treat kindly his wife and child who are on Ilan. No new developments except all Soviet Russian employees of the railway have been requested to resign their positions by order of the Soviet Government. Legation informed.

Hanson