Office of the Historian

893.00/12477: Telegram

The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Tientsin, September 29, 1933—3 p.m.
[Received September 29—1:20 p.m.]

My September 27, 3 p.m.36 Approximately 1,500 soldiers of the One hundred eighteenth Division all wearing black police uniforms passed through Tientsin yesterday en route from Yangtsun to Changli to engage in bandit suppression work. Foreigners arriving from Changli report greatly improved situation there and tension relaxed.

Lockhart
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