Office of the Historian

893.002/234: Telegram

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

Peiping, September 30, 1931—4 p.m.
[Received September 30—6 a.m.]

683. Following from American Consul General at Nanking:

“September 30, noon. I have just been informed by the Minister of Finance that the resignation of C. T. Wang as Minister of Foreign Affairs has been accepted and Alfred Sze has been appointed to succeed him. T. V. Soong explained that by the appointment of Sze the Government wished to indicate that it had not departed from its policy with respect to the Sino-Japanese controversy.”

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