393.1111 Stam, John C./23: Telegram
The Consul General at Nanking (Peck) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:30 a.m.]
91. [To the Legation:] Your December 31 [30], 11 p.m. [a.m.], paragraph 3. I have instructed Atcheson while he is in Wuhu on January 1st and 2nd to take official action giving results of the examination of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Stam, likewise to collect any information which may be available to supplement that which he has already obtained regarding the capture of the Stams and conditions then existing in the Tsingteh area. Statements made to me by Hanna on December 28 indicate that the Tsingteh area is still unsafe and I have directed Atcheson not to proceed south of Wuhu unless he received further instructions.
Repeated to Department.