861.77 Chinese Eastern/1326: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
Moscow, September 2, 1934—6
p.m.
[Received September 2—5:10 p.m.]
[Received September 2—5:10 p.m.]
282. The Japanese Embassy here insists that the Russians have reopened negotiations for the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railroad and that Soviet reports of Japanese threats to seize the railroad are groundless and designed to arouse sympathy in the United States.
Bullitt