893.102S/1960: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck), at Chungking
Washington, December 7, 1939—7
p.m.
231. Your 626, December 4, 5 p.m.
- 1.
- Department desires that the American Consul General at Shanghai transmit informally and without comment the text of the Chinese [Page 106] Foreign Office’s note to the appropriate authorities of the Shanghai International Settlement.
- 2.
- Please make suitable acknowledgment to the Chinese Foreign Office of its note and say that the note is being communicated to the appropriate authorities of the Shanghai International Settlement.
Sent to Chungking. Repeated to Peiping and Shanghai.
Hull