893.00B/650: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, October 17, 1929—5
p.m.
[Received 5:05 p.m.]
[Received 5:05 p.m.]
896. Following from American Consul at Harbin:
“October 16, 10 a.m. Verdict case 38 prisoners Soviet Consulate raid given out in prison yesterday. Five sentenced to nine years, 21 to seven, 7 to five and 4 (women) to two. Chinese interpreter freed. Local foreign opinion is that trial was a farce.”
MacMurray