793.003/444b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
376. Reference your 936, October 27, 5 p.m.,73 final paragraph, and the Department’s recent telegrams on extraterritoriality.
While a draft of proposals has been given the Chinese Minister here, there was no discussion, and the Department estimates that discussion is not likely immediately. Concurring in your opinion that perhaps it may not be wise during the meeting at Nanking of the Kuomintang executive committee for you to be present there, the Department wishes you to hand a copy of the draft to the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs at the earliest moment convenient and, at your discretion, to plan on leaving Nanking some days prior to the meeting’s opening.
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