Office of the Historian

893.00/12863: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, November 20, 1934—4 p.m.
[Received November 20—6:25 a.m.]

532. Reference Legation’s 514, November 8, 3 p.m.,77 following has been received from the Consul General at Hankow:

“November 20, noon. In view of capture of Yungshun northwestern Hunan by Ho Lung and his advance on Yuanling have advised all Americans in western Hunan to evacuate. Americans have returned to Chenhsien southern Hunan since main body of Reds has moved further west and there are now some 15,000 troops in that city.”

Gauss
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