893.102S/2345: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Shanghai (Lockhart)
Washington, November 2, 1940—3
p.m.
538. Your 1163, October 28, 6 p.m. Your suggestion that any discussion at Shanghai of court matters should be deferred until after the outcome of the reported negotiations at Chungking is approved. The Department assumes that the Embassy at Chungking and the Consulate General at Shanghai will continue to keep the Department fully and promptly informed of developments.
Sent to Shanghai. Repeated to Chungking and Peiping.
Hull