793.94/8405: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Nanking, December 2,
1936—noon.
[Received December 2—7:42 a.m.]
[Received December 2—7:42 a.m.]
338. Nanking’s telegram November 26, 10 a.m.
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- Responsible Foreign Office official stated to the Embassy today that the Chinese Government is convinced of Japanese instigation of the attacks on Suiyuan by irregular forces and has made several oral protests to the Japanese Embassy. The Government believes that forces are massing in Chahar to attempt recapture of Pailingmiao in northern Suiyuan and is convinced that it can repel such invasion but has not decided whether the Chinese Government troops, if successful, shall continue eastward into Chahar Province. Informant referred to the alleged Doihara–Sung Che Yuan agreement of December last but said the Chinese Government knows of no such agreement and in any event is absolved from obligation to respect it by the official announcement made following the Mukden incident denying recognition to any agreement not concluded under sanction of the National Government.
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- Sent to the Department and Peiping.
Johnson