793.94/11220: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss)
Washington, November 22, 1937—8
p.m.
570. Your 998, November 22, noon.
- 1.
- Department is repeating your telegram under reference to the Embassy at London with the request that the Embassy inquire of the British Foreign Office what action, if any, the British Government contemplates with reference thereto.
- 2.
- With regard to paragraph 1 of your telegram, please telegraph the Department the nature and extent of the alleged anti-Japanese activities in the International Settlement and what, if any, action the Municipal Council is taking in reference thereto; whether the Municipal Council intends to make representations to the Japanese in regard to the proposed march of Japanese troops through the Settlement and whether the Municipal Council has asked you and the other interested Consuls to make representations. Inasmuch as the proposed line of march would cross the French Concession, the Department desires also to be informed in regard to the French attitude.
- 3.
- Please also give the Department by telegraph your views as to the legal position in regard to the matters discussed in both paragraph 1 and paragraph 3 of your telegram under reference.
Hull