Office of the Historian

793.94/6291: Telegram

The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, May 19, 1933—4 p.m.
[Received May 19—11:50 a.m.]

455. My 424, May 12, 11 a.m. Airplane believedly Japanese biplane bomber with bombs in racks circled high over Peiping and environs for half an hour this morning then departed in northeastern direction. So far as known no propaganda leaflets were dropped as on previous visits of Japanese planes. Sporadic machine-gun fire by Chinese was frequently heard during airplane’s visit.

Johnson