793.94/11564: Telegram
The Second Secretary of Embassy in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 10—3:15 p.m.]
1032. International Committee requests that following be communicated as soon as possible to Japanese Embassy: [Page 788]
“International Committee, Nanking, for sake of 200,000 civilians, seeks prompt and favorable reply to yesterday’s telegram regarding armistice and withdrawal of Chinese troops from walled city of Nanking. (Signed) Rabe, Chairman”.
2. Sent to Shanghai, repeated to Peiping, Hankow. Nanking please repeat to Tokyo with request that Embassy there communicate to Foreign Office.