793.94/5042: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Acting Secretary of State
Shanghai, April 13, 1932—9
a.m.
[Received 11:40 a.m.]
[Received 11:40 a.m.]
The British Minister has just received a message from the local office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the effect that Quo learns from Nanking that the Chinese Government has telegraphed to the Chinese delegate at Geneva to ask for an elucidation of the question of the time limit. Pending a reply from Geneva on this point, the [Page 689] Chinese Government desires the next meeting of the conference be postponed for a few days.
Johnson