793.94/5920: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, February 24, 1933—11
a.m.
[Received February 24—12:25 a.m.]
[Received February 24—12:25 a.m.]
178. Following from American Consul General Mukden:
“February 23, 5 p.m. Japanese military state that volunteer commander Liu Kuei-tang and approximately 18,000 of his men surrendered at Lupei near Tungliao and joined the Manchukuo army. Commercial aeroplanes of the Manchukuo air service will be used for transporting army supplies to the front.”
Johnson