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

861.77 Chinese Eastern/371: Telegram

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

Peiping, October 3, 1929—8 p.m.
[Received October 4—9:40 a.m.]

854. Following from American Consul at Harbin:

“October 3, 1 p.m. Reliably reported that on October 1st and 2nd small parties Soviet troops under the protection of artillery fire attacked Chinese trenches, threw bombs near Manchuria Station. Few Chinese soldiers but no civilians wounded. Soviet aeroplanes dropped bombs outside town. After hour’s fighting Soviet troops retreated.”

MacMurray