793.94/6138: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Peiping, April 5, 1933—4
p.m.
[Received April 5—1:45 p.m.]
[Received April 5—1:45 p.m.]
308. Local situation continues unchanged although serious situation which has developed in Kiangsi and which has forced Chiang Kai-shek to proceed to that point is portentous. Japanese advance through Hsimenchai and Haiyang does not at present appear to have any significance other than an attempt to clear that area of Chinese forces which have been threatening Japanese at Chiumenkou and Shanhaikwan.
Johnson