861.77 Chinese Eastern/290: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 1—11 a.m.]
772. Following from American Consul at Harbin:
“August 30, 4 p.m. German Consul General visited concentration camp across the Sungari yesterday. He states condition of 800 prisoners there bad. Food until yesterday bread, water; exercise and toilet facilities too limited, no beds but Chinese k’angs, scant bedding. Chinese, Siberia, treated worse and by [sic] alleged lack of funds. He has received 100,000 yen from Moscow for prisoners and has arranged for committee of Russian women to take supplies, clothing weekly to the prisoners. Chinese authorities show reluctance to cooperate with him.”