861.77 Chinese Eastern/474: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Perkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 27—6:30 a.m.]
1046. Legation’s 1042, November 26, 12 noon. Following from Reuter, Nanking, November 26:
“The State Council yesterday sent identical telegrams to the League of Nations and the signatories of the Kellogg Peace Pact drawing attention to the Soviet incursion into Manchuria.
The telegram then goes on to say that while the Nationalist Government has always remained on the defensive, despite repeated attacks by the Soviet forces, the Soviet Government has now, without declaring war, invaded China and occupied Chinese cities and has ‘massacred innocent Chinese citizens in cold blood’.
The telegram hopes in conclusion that the signatories of the Kellogg Pact will take appropriate steps to stop and punish this deliberate violation of the pact.”