893.00/12798: Telegram
The Vice Consul at Foochow (Burke) to the Secretary of State
Foochow, August 27, 1934—11
a.m.
[Received August 27—9:30 a.m.]
[Received August 27—9:30 a.m.]
My August 21, 9 a.m.62 Reliably reported that there are no Kiangsi Communists in the Yungtai district. River traffic to Yenping is now [Page 473] open but merchants hesitate to ship cargo. Kiangsi Communists in Northeastern Fukien are reported to have been reduced to a small group.
Presence of United States naval vessels not considered absolutely necessary but one should be ready to return to Foochow immediately.
Repeated to the Department and Nanking.
Burke
- Not printed.↩