793.94112/199: Telegram
The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State
Hankow, August 3, 1938—11
a.m.
[Received August 3—6 a.m.]
[Received August 3—6 a.m.]
T. T. Quo, representing the Foreign Office, called this morning and requested me to inform the Embassy that beginning August 1st the Yangtze River had been blockaded by the Chinese from Tienchiachen to Shihhweiyao, Hupeh, and that third power naval and merchant vessels were asked take note. Station ship informed.
Sent to Embassy Luzon.
Repeated to Peiping and Shanghai.
Josselyn