Office of the Historian

793.94/13614: Telegram

The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State

Hankow [undated].
[Received August 3—11:29 a.m.]

Hankow raided by 18 Japanese bombers this morning. Bombs dropped in the vicinity airfield.

Chinese customs vessel bombed and sunk by Japanese planes yesterday 36 miles below Hankow. Customs river officer J. T. C. Crawley, British, and two members of Chinese crew were killed and several wounded. His Majesty’s ship Gnat proceeded scene early this morning.

Repeated to Embassy and Peiping.

Josselyn