793.94/2430: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 2—9:13 a.m.]
My October 26, 7 p.m., from Nanking. I received on the eve of my departure from Nanking a written request from the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated October 28th, asking the “American Government to designate representatives with whom the Chinese authorities will be pleased to associate in accordance with the terms of the resolution of October 24th of the Council of the League of Nations.” The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs asks me to communicate to him as soon as possible the names of the representatives to be appointed by the United States. I communicated Department’s attitude as set forth in the last sentence of Department’s 103, October 27, 5 p.m., to Nanking, orally to the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Repeated to Peiping.