Office of the Historian

861.77 Chinese Eastern/140: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)23

[Paraphrase]
Washington, July 26, 1929—2 p.m.

248. On July 25 I called in the Japanese, French, British, and Italian Ambassadors and the German Chargé d’Affaires and handed them the following aide-mémoire, with accompanying suggestions concerning a commission of conciliation, which have been communicated by them to their Governments. Since premature publicity would imperil the proposal’s being carried out successfully, it was agreed to keep the matter strictly secret for the present.

[Here follows in full the aide-mémoire and enclosure, printed on page 242.]

Repeat as No. 71 to the Embassy in Japan.

Stimson
  1. See last paragraph for instructions to repeat to the Embassy in Japan. The same telegram, except for the last sentence, sent to the Ambassador in France (No. 249), with instructions to repeat to the Ambassadors in Germany (No. 53), Great Britain (No. 191), and Italy (No. 54).↩