893.00B/598: Telegram

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

498. Your 195, June 14, 3 p.m., was repeated to the American Consul at Harbin who has replied as follows:

“June 18, 4 p.m. Recent arrivals and reports from Hailar and Manchuria Station indicate that conditions normal on the border and that no trouble even in Barga will occur this summer. Inclined to believe these false rumors by Soviet agents in order to intimidate Chinese.”

MacMurray