Office of the Historian

893.00/13836: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, December 26, 1936—2 p.m.
[Received December 26—7:21 a.m.]

381. The Generalissimo in company with Madame Chiang and Donald reported to have arrived Nanking by plane at 6:20 today and to have made a circuit for recognition by the people. T. V. Soong is reported to have arrived by later plane with the Young Marshal. Sent to the Department, repeated to Peiping, Tokyo and Shanghai.

Johnson