Office of the Historian

893.102S/1933: Telegram

The Commander in Chief, United States Asiatic Fleet (Hart), to the Chief of Naval Operations (Stark)94

[Shanghai,] October 22, 1939.

I am still of the opinion that my preparations are fully sufficient to meet the present conditions although the difficulties of patrol have been increased in the extra-Settlement roads sector because of the shooting that occurred there recently. I do not consider it wise to incorporate our marines with other Settlement troops. Increased uneasiness among citizens of the United States residing here may be caused by the British; however, the British do not seem to be as greatly alarmed as the Americans.

  1. Paraphrase of telegram transmitted to the Department by the Navy Department.↩