Office of the Historian

493.11/1556: Telegram

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

Nanking, April 13, 1931—3 p.m.
[Received April 13—8:35 a.m.]

My April [March] 7, 9 p.m. Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me today that he had discussed possibility of negotiation of an agreement for a claims commission with Wang Chung-hui and that reaction to such an agreement was unfavorable. He said that response would be negative if matter were taken up officially.

Johnson