Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1932, The Far East, Volume III

793.94/5157: Telegram

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

Shanghai, May 5, 1932—1 p.m.
[Received May 5—3:25 a.m.]

1. Agreement signed at 12 noon today.¹³ I propose to leave for Nanking early Saturday morning¹⁴ by boat. I shall remain at Nanking 3 or 4 days with my staff.

2. British Minister leaves same day by air proceeding to Peiping.

3. Joint committee has been constituted as follows:

The Consuls General and Military Attaches of the United States, Great Britain and France, and the Chinese Secretary and Military Attaché of the Italian Legation. Japanese Consul General and Acting Military Attaché. Chinese members not yet announced.¹⁵

Johnson

13. For text of agreement, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. i, p. 217.
14. May 7.
15. Telegram No. 226, May 7, noon, from the Consul General at Shanghai reported that the Chinese members were O. K. Yui, Secretary-General, Shanghai Chinese Municipality, and Wen Ying-hsing, Commissioner of Public Safety. (793.94/5170)