893.00/11893: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received April 25—6:50 a.m.]
470. The following telegram has been sent to American Consul General at Nanking:
“April 25, 3 p.m. Please call upon Minister for Foreign Affairs and inform him that the American Consul, Amoy reports the recent capture of Changchow by communist troops who looted American mission property at that place. It is also desired that you impress upon him the seriousness with which the Legation views the advance of these communist troops towards Amoy and that you request him to take all possible measures to protect American life and property at Amoy and Kulangsu. It is suggested that you leave an aide-mémoire in the above sense.”
Repeated to Shanghai.