893.00/13801: Telegram
The Consul at Hankow (Jarvis) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 20—8 a.m.]
My December 14, 6 p.m.92 I have just received the following telegram, filed at Sian at 2:10 p.m. yesterday, from Herman Swenson, American missionary there: “Americans safe”.
2. A telegram from Pingliang, eastern Kansu, filed at 7 o’clock last night and received here at 1 p.m. today reports that Americans there and at Tsingning are safe and the situation is somewhat easier, with communications uncertain and further developments depending upon the situation at Sian. I have not yet heard from Lanchow. Sent to the Department, Peiping, Nanking, Shanghai.
- Not printed.↩