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

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The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Nanking to the Chinese Legation⁹⁰

[Nanking,] December 29, 1932.

Wire from Peiping states that the Japanese have been storing large quantities of provisions around Fu-Hsin, Jehol, (300 miles northeast of Peiping) and that they have been spending large sums of money trying to enlist Chinese people for resistance against Chinese forces.

Reports from Tao-Nan and Tung-Liao state that three thousand additional Japanese troops have arrived in preparation for a campaign toward Kai-Loo, Jehol, (250 miles northeast of Peiping).

90. Translation of telegram transmitted to the Department by the Chinese Legation, December 29, 1932.