Office of the Historian

893.01 Manchuria/765

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Nanking to the Chinese Legation74

[Nanking,] December 16, 1932.

Cheng Hsiao-Shu and others of the puppet government in the Three Eastern Provinces planned to set up a monarchy with Pu Yi as emperor in March of next year. The detailed plan as drafted by Cheng contemplated the restoration of the Manchu Dynasty. The Japanese had given their consent to the establishment of the monarchy although they refused to consent to the restoration of the Manchu Dynasty for fear that such a restoration might effect the opinion of the world on Japan.

  1. Copy of telegram transmitted to the Department by the Chinese Legation, December 16, 1932.↩