893.70/41: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 17—1:30 p.m.]
1244. My 1218, September 13, 5 p.m. British Ambassador has instructed British Consul General to inquire of his Japanese colleague whether the demands of the Special Service Section of the Japanese Army represent the policy of and have the support of the Japanese Government and if so to request that they be put forward through the usual official channels. The Danish Minister informs me that under the instructions received from his Government he is authorized to proceed along the same lines. I respectfully suggest that I also be authorized to make a similar inquiry of the Japanese Consul General.
Repeated to Chungking and by mail to Peiping and Tokyo.