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

861.77 Chinese Eastern/32: Telegram

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

Peking, July 17, 1929—12 p.m.
[Received July 18—9:30 a.m.]

583 bis. My 575, July 16, 4 p.m. Following from the American Consul at Harbin:

“July 16, 8 p.m. Chinese authorities continued today wholesale discharges railway employees and apparently intend to ignore ultimatum. Harbin merchants depressed, apprehensive. Families summer resorts western line railway being withdrawn to Harbin. Telegraphic communication beyond Manchuria Station [and] Suifenho reported interrupted.”

MacMurray