793.94/9179: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:10 p.m.]
371. My 358, August 3, noon,42 paragraph No. 2. In consequence of the Chinese Government’s official advice to its officers to send their families away from Nanking the railway has been extremely congested [Page 324] for 2 days. Steamers going up and down river have likewise been crowded with departing residents. Tables of warning signals for air raids have been distributed. While I do not think there are any substantial reasons as yet for anticipating a Japanese attack on Nanking in the near future the Embassy has taken steps to ascertain the number and residence of American citizens in Nanking.
Repeated to Peiping. By mail to Shanghai.
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