893.102S/1923: Telegram
The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
Shanghai, October 23, 1939—7
p.m.
[Received October 23—2:03 p.m.]
[Received October 23—2:03 p.m.]
933. Your 413, October 21, 7 p.m. The possible action contemplated here for the past few weeks, to be taken in case of necessity, conforms precisely to the view expressed in paragraph 3 of your message. Commander-in-Chief is talking with Franklin as suggested.
I feel that the recent publicity was an attempt to jockey us into adopting the proposals reported in my 893, October 6, 10 a.m.
Repeated to Chungking and Peiping.
Gauss