793.94/7411: Telegram
The Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, November 21, 1935—10
a.m.
[Received November 21—6:48 a.m.]
[Received November 21—6:48 a.m.]
96. This office’s 94, November 20, 6 p.m.
- 1.
- Ariyoshi and Chiang conferred for over 3 hours last evening after which the former told an American news correspondent that Chiang had given him assurances that no untoward anti-Japanese incidents would occur in North China. Chinese Foreign Office [Page 432] spokesman told the same correspondent that Chiang said he was in constant communication with Chinese officials in the North, all of whom were loyal, and that if any unfortunate situation should threaten he personally would attend to it. The correspondent said both Japanese and Chinese officials seemed pleased over results of the conference and he gained impression that some compromise had been achieved which had averted the crisis for the time being.
- 2.
- Repeated to the Department, Shanghai for the Ambassador, Peiping and Tokyo.
Peck