793.94/11147: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 16—12:35 p.m.]
922. 1. The Government is definitely leaving Nanking probably within a few days. We are reliably but not officially informed that its plans on which action is now being taken will place Foreign Office, Finance and Education Ministries and Postal Directorate at Hankow; Military Administration, Wuchang; Communications, Changsha; the five Yuan at Chungking or Chengtu. Postal Directorate is removing tonight. Red Cross administrator evacuated for Hankow this morning.
2. Embassy is urging all American citizens to leave while it is possible to obtain accommodations.
3. Repeated to Peiping, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hankow.