Office of the Historian

793.94/13528: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Hankow, July 22, 1938—3 p.m.
[Received 8:55 p.m.]

364. Shanghai’s 969, July 9, 2 p.m. Official report now received by mail under seal of a letter signed by Morishima14 “for Minister of War” the text of the statement quoted in Shanghai’s telegram under reference.

Unless instructed otherwise I shall simply make formal acknowledgment of this communication.

Repeated to Shanghai.

Johnson
  1. Japanese Counselor of Embassy in China at Shanghai.↩